Paleoclimatic variations in West Africa from a record of late Pleistocene and Holocene lake level stands of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 242, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 287-302

  Shanahan, Timothy M ^a   Overpeck, Jonathan T ^a,b   Wheeler, C Winston ^c   Beck, J Warren ^a   Pigati, Jeffrey S ^d   Talbot, Michael R ^e   Scholz, Christopher A ^f   Peck, John ^g   King, John W ^h  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Desert Research Laboratory   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate oscillation; Lake level; Last glacial period; Monsoon precipitation; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CRATER LAKE; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIAL; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; GHANA; LAKE BOSUMTWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33750980556     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.06.007     Document Type: Article

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