The Late Pleistocene - Holocene palaeolimnology of Lake Victoria, East Africa, based upon elemental and isotopic analyses of sedimentary organic matter

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-164

  Talbot, Michael R ^a   Lærdal, Tine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Organic matter; Palaeoclimates; Palaeolimnology; Quaternary; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034082652     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008029400463     Document Type: Article

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