A 26,000-year integrated record of marine and terrestrial environmental change off Gabon, west equatorial Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 428-438

  Kim, So Young ^a,c   Scourse, James ^a   Marret, Fabienne ^a,b   Lim, Dhong Il ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellate cysts; Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; Monsoon; Ogoou ; Pollen

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MANGROVE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

GABON;

BRIGANTEDINIUM; CYPERACEAE; DINOPHYCEAE; OPERCULODINIUM; POACEAE; PODOCARPUS; RHIZOPHORA;

EID: 77957752647     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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