Late Holocene climatic changes in west Africa, a high resolution diatom record from equatorial Cameroon

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 591-609

  Nguetsop, Victor François ^a,b   Servant Vildary, Simone ^b   Servant, Michel ^b  

^a EA 1833   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EVAPORATION; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; PH EFFECTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MONSOONS; SUB-TROPICAL REGIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 1242277893     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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