Paleohydrology of Lake Nhaucati (southern Mozambique), ∼400 AD to present

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1127-1141

  Ekblom, Anneli ^a   Stabell, Bjørg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climatic forcing; Diatom analysis; Lake level change; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAKE LEVEL; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 52749085152     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9218-2     Document Type: Article

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