Late Holocene water level fluctuations of Lake Afourgagh (Middle-Atlas Mountains, Morocco) inferred from charophyte remains

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 283, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 134-147

  Detriche S ^a   Breheret J G ^a   Soulie Marsche I ^b   Karrat, L ^c   Macaire, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Chara aspera; Chara hispida; Charophytes; Gyrogonites; Karstic lake; Late Holocene; Middle Atlas Mountains; Morocco; Palaeolimnology

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CHAROPHYTE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HOLOCENE; KARST HYDROLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOSOL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TUFA; WATER LEVEL;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

CHARA; CHARA ASPERA; CHARA HISPIDA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES;

EID: 70350778461     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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