West African monsoon variability during the last deglaciation and the Holocene: Evidence from fresh water algae, pollen and isotope data from core KW31, Gulf of Guinea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 225-237

  Lézine, Anne Marie ^a   Duplessy, Jean Claude ^a   Cazet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Fresh water algae; Last deglaciation; Marine core; Niger River; Paleohydrology; Western Tropical Africa

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; RAINFALL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS; PEDIASTRUM;

EID: 15944378580     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.027     Document Type: Article

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