Holocene environmental change in the West African Sahel: Sedimentological and mineral-magnetic analyses of lake sediments from Jikariya Lake, northeastern Nigeria

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 449-460

  Wang, H ^a,b   Holmes, J A ^c   Street Perrott, F A ^d   Waller, M P ^e   Perrott, R Alan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mineral magnetics; Palaeolimnology; Sahel; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AFRICA; JIKARIYA LAKE; NIGERIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 48649100805     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1154     Document Type: Article

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