Modern and early Holocene mollusc fauna of the Ounianga lakes (northern Chad): Implications for the palaeohydrology of the central Sahara

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-447

  van Bocxlaer, Bert ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^a   Schettler, Georg ^b   Kröpelin, Stefan ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

African Humid Period; Biogeography; Freshwater molluscs; Green Sahara; Palaeoclimatology; Zoochory

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIVALVE; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; LAKE; MOLLUSC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; ZOOCHORY;

CHAD; OUNIANGA;

AVES; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BIVALVIA; BULINUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA NATALENSIS; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79956056235     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1469     Document Type: Article

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