Mangrove palynology in recent marine sediments off Cameroon

Marine Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 315-330

  Van Campo, Elise ^a   Bengo, Martin Darius ^b  

^a Lab Dynamique de la Biodiversite   (France)

^b Paleoenvironnements et Palynologie   (France)

Author keywords

Eastern Atlantic; mangrove; marine palynology; Rhizophora

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLAGES; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SPORES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; VEGETATION; WATER;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MANGROVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 3543118413     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.04.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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