Late Pleistocene-Holocene rise and collapse of Lake Suguta, northern Kenya Rift

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 911-925

  Garcin, Yannick ^a   Junginger, Annett ^a   Melnick, Daniel ^a   Olago, Daniel O ^b   Strecker, Manfred R ^a   Trauth, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ATMOSPHERICS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GRAPH THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME MEASUREMENT; WATER LEVELS;

EAST AFRICAN RIFTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; GEOMORPHIC EVIDENCES; HOLOCENE; HUMID PERIODS; KENYA RIFTS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; LEVEL CHANGES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RADIO CARBON DATING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL EXTENTS; SURFACE AREAS; WATER DEPTHS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LAKES;

CLIMATE FORCING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INSOLATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

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

EID: 62749199719     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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