Integrated marine and terrestrial evidence for abrupt Congo River palaeodischarge fluctuations during the last deglaciation

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 761-766

  Marret, Fabienne ^a   Scourse, James D ^b   Versteegh, Gerard ^c   Fred Jansen, J H ^a   Schneider, Ralph ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congo; ITCZ; Palynology; Precipitation; Tropical climate change

Indexed keywords

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RIVER DISCHARGE;

AFRICA;

DINOPHYCEAE; PEDIASTRUM;

EID: 0035669648     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.646     Document Type: Article

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