Millennial-scale precipitation changes over central africa during the late quaternary and Holocene: Evidence in sediments from the Gulf of Guinea

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-279

  Itambi, Achakie C ^a   von Dobeneck, Tilo ^a   Adegbie, Adesina T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR)   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aridity; Colour reflectance; Diagenesis; Environmental magnetism; Gulf of guinea; Holocene

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CYCLE; DIAGENESIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; INTERGLACIAL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAMEROON; GABON; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 77449088967     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1306     Document Type: Article

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