Lake Malawi sediment and pore water chemistry: Proposition of a conceptual model for stratification intensification since the end of the Little Ice Age

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 321-330

  Branchu, Philippe ^a   Bergonzini, Laurent ^b   Pons branchu, Edwige ^a,e   Violier, Eric ^c   Dittrich, Maria ^d   Massault, Marc ^b   Ghaleb, Bassam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d Limnological Research Center   (Switzerland)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Chloride; Climate; Little Ice Age; Pore water; Stratification

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CHLORIDE; CLIMATE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PORE WATER; STRATIFICATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ICE; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

LAKES;

ALKALINE WATER; CHLORIDE; CHRONOLOGY; DIATOM; EPILIMNION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOCLIMATE; POREWATER; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SILICON; STRATIFICATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; LAKE TANGANYIKA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77957277913     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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