Geochemical responses to a major transgression in giant African lakes

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-489

  Talbot, Michael R ^a   Jensen, Niels Bo ^b   Lærdal, Tine ^a,d   Filippi, Maria Letizia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b RF Rogaland Research   (Norway)

^c MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Organic matter; Palaeolimnology; Rock Eval; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRANSGRESSION;

AFRICA;

EID: 33645054556     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-005-2828-z     Document Type: Article

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