Hydrosedimentary records and Holocene environmental dynamics in the Yamé Valley (Mali, Sudano-Sahelian West Africa)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 342, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-252

  Le Drézen, Yann ^a,b   Lespez, Laurent ^b   Rasse, Michel ^c   Garnier, Aline ^b   Coutard, Sylvie ^d   Huysecom, Eric ^e   Ballouche, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d INRAP Nord Picardie   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronostratigraphy; Environment; Holocene; River system; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; MARINE RECORD; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RIVER SYSTEM;

MALI; MOPTI [MALI]; YAME VALLEY;

EID: 77951297927     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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