A late-Holocene charcoal record from Lake Masoko, SW Tanzania: Climatic and anthropologic implications

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 785-792

  Thevenon, Florian ^a   Williamson, David ^a   Vincens, Annie ^a   Taieb, Maurice ^a   Merdaci, Ouassila ^a   Decobert, Michel ^a   Buchet, Guillaume ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Black carbon; Charcoal; Elemental analysis; Iron Age; Late Holocene; Particle size; Tanzania; Thermal resistant carbon; Tropical crater lake

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

TANZANIA;

EID: 0141761525     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl665rr     Document Type: Article

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