A magnetic mineral record of Late Quaternary tropical climate variability from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 37-57

  Peck, John A ^a   Green, Ryan R ^a   Shanahan, Tim ^b   King, John W ^c   Overpeck, Jonathan T ^b   Scholz, Christopher A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Heinrich events; Paleolimnology; Rock magnetism; West Africa; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; GREIGITE; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; ASHANTI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; LAKE BOSUMTWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 8444234767     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00438-9     Document Type: Article

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