Sediment and particulate organic carbon fluxes in various lacustrine basins of tropical Africa and in the Gulf of Guinea

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-355

  Giresse, P ^a   Makaya Mvoubou, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Accumulation rates; Gulf of Guinea; Holocene; Lakes; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CAMEROON; CARBON ACCUMULATION; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; GULF OF GUINEA; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENES; NEARLY HOMOGENOUS; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON FLUXES; SYNTHETIC APPROACH; TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTS; VEGETAL COVER; VEGETATION COVER; WET PERIOD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEBRIS; DROUGHT; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBON FLUX; COASTAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 77957277348     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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