Paleoevaporation and Paleoprecipitation in the Tanganyika Basin at 18,000 Years B.P. Inferred from Hydrologic and Vegetation Proxies

Quaternary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 295-305

  Bergonzini, Laurent ^a   Chalié, Francoise ^a   Gasse, Francoise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION;

AFRICA, LAKE TANGANYIKA;

EID: 0031459727     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.1879     Document Type: Article

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