Sources and accumulation rates of organic carbon in an equatorial peat bog (Burundi, East Africa) during the Holocene: Carbon isotope constraints

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 179-189

  Aucour, Anne Marie ^a   Bonnefille, Raymonde ^b,c   Hillaire Marcel, Claude ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b Inst Francais Pondichery P O B   (India)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Holocene; Isotope ratio; Paleoclimate; Peat; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

BOG; HOLOCENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PEATLAND;

BURUNDI;

EID: 0033166394     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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