An 11 000-year lithostratigraphic and paleohydrologic record from Equatorial Africa: Lake Edward, Uganda-Congo

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-49

  Russell, James M ^a   Johnson, Thomas C ^b   Kelts, Kerry R ^a   Lærdal, Tine ^c   Talbot, Michael R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Holocene; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Rift lake; Sediments

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CONGO; LAKE EDWARD; UGANDA;

EID: 0037378191     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00709-5     Document Type: Article

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