Climatic change in northern Ethiopia during the past 17,000 years: A diatom and stable isotope record from Lake Ashenge

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 114-127

  Marshall, Michael H ^a   Lamb, Henry F ^a   Davies, Sarah J ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Kubsa, Zelalem ^d   Umer, Mohammed ^e   Bryant, Charlotte ^f  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Ethiopian highlands; Lake level; Monsoon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LOWSTAND; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RAINFALL; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPLAND REGION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 67549109078     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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