12,000-Year, preliminary results of the stable nitrogen and carbon isotope record from the Empakai Crater lake sediments, Northern Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 293-303

  Muzuka, Alfred N N ^a   Ryner, Maria ^b   Holmgren, Karin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Climatic change; Empakai Crater; Northern tanzania

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

EID: 23844519685     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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