Late Pleistocene paleohydrography and diatom paleoecology of the central basin of Lake Malawi, Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 303, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 51-70

  Stone, Jeffery R ^a,c   Westover, Karlyn S ^a,b   Cohen, Andrew S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; East Africa; Lake levels; Paleoclimate; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PERIPHYTON; PLEISTOCENE; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79953161494     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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