A direct comparison between the historical record of lake level and the δ18O signal in carbonate sediments from Lake Turkana, Kenya

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 811-822

  Ricketts, Richard D ^a   Anderson, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAKE; OXYGEN 18; WATER LEVEL;

KENYA; LAKE TURKANA;

EID: 0031716459     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.5.0811     Document Type: Article

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