The sensitivity of a Tanzanian crater lake to catastrophic tephra input and four millennia of climate change

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 303-310

  Barker, Philip ^a,b   Telford, Richard ^a   Merdaci, Ouassila ^b   Williamson, David ^b   Taieb, Maurice ^b   Vincens, Annie ^b   Gibert, Elisabeth ^c  

^a Department of Geography   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Crater lakes; Cyanobacteria pigments; Diatoms; East Africa; Holocene; Nutrient resources; Tephra

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRATER LAKE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEPHRA;

TANZANIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0034009629     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300672848582     Document Type: Article

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