Environmental changes in a tropical lake (Lake Abiyata, Ethiopia) during recent centuries

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 233-258

  Legesse, Dagnachew ^a,b   Gasse, F ^a   Radakovitch, O ^a   Vallet Coulomb, C ^a   Bonnefille, R ^a   Verschuren, D ^c   Gibert, E ^d   Barker, P ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Lake level; Lake sediments; Palaeolimnology; Past centuries; Pollen; Salinity; Tropical East Africa

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOSALINITY;

ETHIOPIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0037107535     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00479-0     Document Type: Article

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