Late holocene palaeolimnology of Bal Lake, northern Nigeria, a multidisciplinary study

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 169-185

  Holmes, J A ^a   Allen, M J ^a   Street Perrott, F A ^b   Ivanovich, M ^c   Perrott, R A ^b   Waller, M P ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Ostracods; Pollen; Sahel; Take sediments

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032896952     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00182-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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