The impact of taphonomic processes on interpreting paleoecologic changes in large lake ecosystems: Ostracodes in Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-138

  Park, Lisa E ^a   Cohen, Andrew S ^b   Martens, Koen ^c   Bralek, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lake Malawi; Lake Tanganyika; Ostracoda; Taphonomy; Time averaging

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE DYNAMICS; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; TAPHONOMY;

AFRICA;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 0141563469     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025570032179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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