A revised 30,000-year paleoclimatic and paleohydrologic history of Lake Albert, East Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 259-279

  Beuning, Kristina R M ^a   Talbot, Michael R ^b   Kelts, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Organic geochemistry; Paleoclimatology; Paleolimnology; Paleosol; Pollen

Indexed keywords

PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY CLIMATE;

UGANDA, LAKE ALBERT;

EID: 0031450623     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00034-5     Document Type: Article

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