Radiometric dating of recent lake sediments from a highly eroded area in semiarid Tanzania

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 377-383

  El Daoushy, Farid ^a   Eriksson, Mats G ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chronologies; Erosion; Radionuclides; Sediments; Semiarid; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

LACUSTINE DEPOSIT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0031849331     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007986402639     Document Type: Article

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