Holocene landscape evolution of the Manga Grasslands, NE Nigeria: Evidence from palaeolimnology and dune chronology

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 357-368

  Holmes, J A ^a   Street Perrott, F A ^b   Perrott, R A ^b   Stokes, S ^c   Waller, M P ^a   Huang, Y ^d   Eglinton, G ^e   Ivanovich, M ^f  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dunes; Holocene; Nigeria; Optical dating; Palaeolimnology; Sahel

Indexed keywords

DUNE FORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032897028     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.2.0357     Document Type: Article

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