A high-resolution 11,400-Yr diatom record from Lake Victoria, East Africa

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-89

  Stager, J Curt ^a,b   Cumming, Brian ^c   Meeker, Loren ^b  

^a PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA; VICTORIA;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE INFLUENCE; DIATOM; DIATOM RECORD; LAKE; PALAEOCLIMATE; TROPICAL LAKE;

AFRICA, LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0030683660     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.1863     Document Type: Article

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