New results on palaeoenvironmental conditions in equatorial Africa derived from alluvial sediments of Cameroonian rivers

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-223

  Sangen, Mark ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial sediments; Equatorial Africa; Fluvial rain forest refuges; Late Pleistocene; Palaeosurfaces; West African monsoon

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSURFACE; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFOREST; REFUGE;

CAMEROON;

EID: 78650804446     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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