Lithostratigraphy, physical properties and organic matter variability in Lake Malawi Drillcore sediments over the past 145,000years

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 38-50

  Scholz, C A ^a   Talbot, M R ^b   Brown, E T ^c   Lyons, R P ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

East African Rift; Lake Malawi; Lithostratigraphy; Paleoclimatology; Paleolimnology; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FOSSIL RECORD; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MACROPHYTE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; LAKE MALAWI;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79953157977     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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