Hydrological response of an east-Saharan palaeolake (NW Sudan) to early-Holocene climate

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-549

  Hoelzmann, P ^a   Schwalb, A ^b   Roberts, N ^c   Cooper, P ^d   Burgess, A ^e  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Geochemistry; Lacustrine sediments; Microfossils; Sahara; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARTESIAN WELL; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFLATION; DIATOM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREEN ALGA; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL;

NUBIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; OSTRACODA;

EID: 77953369556     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609356584     Document Type: Article

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