A high-resolution holocene ostracod record from the sahel zone of Northeastern Nigeria

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-380

  Holmes, Jonathan A ^a   Fothergill, Patrick A ^b   Street Perrott, F Alayne ^c   Perrott, R Alan ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Nigeria; Ostracoda; Palaeoecology; Sahel

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT;

NIGERIA;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 0032436959     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007923304411     Document Type: Article

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