Use of the geochemical and biological sedimentary record in establishing palaeo-environments and climate change in the Lake Ngami basin, NW Botswana

Quaternary International

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-64

  Huntsman Mapila, P ^a,b   Ringrose, S ^a   Mackay, A W ^c   Downey, W S ^a   Modisi, M ^a   Coetzee, S H ^a   Tiercelin, J J ^b   Kampunzu, A B ^a   Vanderpost, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33644839656     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.11.029     Document Type: Article

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