Early Holocene water budget of the Nakuru-Elmenteita basin, Central Kenya Rift

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 281-294

  Dühnforth, Miriam ^a   Bergner, Andreas G N ^b   Trauth, Martin H ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Africa; Hydrological modeling; Nakuru Elmenteita; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT; NAKURU; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33749473170     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9003-z     Document Type: Article

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