High-resolution fluvial records of Holocene environmental changes in the Sahel: The Yamé River at Ounjougou (Mali, West Africa)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 737-756

  Lespez, L ^a   Le Drezen, Y ^b   Garnier, A ^a   Rasse, M ^c   Eichhorn, B ^d   Ozainne, S ^e   Ballouche, A ^f   Neumann, K ^d   Huysecom, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Climatic change; Fluvial archives; Fluvial system; Holocene; Human impact; Sahel

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLIMATIC CHANGES; FLUVIAL ARCHIVES; FLUVIAL SYSTEM; HOLOCENES; HUMAN IMPACT; SAHEL;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DEPOSITS; DROUGHT; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LAKES;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAVANNA; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL EROSION; VALLEY; WATERSHED;

MALI; MOPTI [MALI]; OUNJOUGOU; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 79952039767     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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