Holocene palaeolimnology of Kajemarum Oasis, northern Nigeria: An isotopic study of ostracodes, bulk carbonate and organic carbon

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-319

  Holmes, J A ^a   Street Perrott, F A ^b   Allen, M J ^a   Fothergill, P A ^c   Harkness, D D ^d   Kroon, D ^e   Perrott, R A ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Ostracoda; Sahel; Stable isotopes; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

PALAEOLIMNOLOGY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031402337     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.2.0311     Document Type: Article

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