Climate change and productivity variations recorded by sedimentary sulfur in Lake Edward, Uganda/D. R. Congo

Chemical Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 337-346

  Russell, James M ^a   Werne, Josef P ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Lake; Paleoclimate; Sediment; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE EDWARD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 67349234569     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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