Lake-level history of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, for the past 2500 years based on ostracode-inferred water-depth reconstruction

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-49

  Alin, Simone R ^a,b   Cohen, Andrew S ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Lake Tanganyika; Multivariate analysis; Ostracodes; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTRACODE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; WATER DEPTH;

AFRICA; LAKE TANGANYIKA;

LIA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0141527383     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00484-X     Document Type: Article

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