Late Quaternary changes in carbon cycling on Mt. Kenya, East Africa: An overview of the δ13C record in lacustrine organic matter

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 861-879

  Street Perrott, F Alayne ^a   Ficken, Katherine J ^a   Huang, Yongsong ^b   Eglinton, Geoffrey ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Biogeochemistry Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AQUATIC CARBON CYCLES; ORGANIC MATTERS;

CARBON;

CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MOUNT KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 1642323695     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.06.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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