Water-level variations in Lake Nhauhache, Mozambique, during the last 2,300 years

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 311-322

  Holmgren, Karin ^a   Risberg, Jan ^a   Freudendahl, Johan ^a   Achimo, Mussa ^b   Ekblom, Anneli ^c   Mugabe, Joao ^b   Norström, Elin ^a   Sitoe, Sandra ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lake level changes; Microfossils; Paleoclimatology; Paleohydrology; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DIATOM; HUMIDITY; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PHYTOLITH; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WATER LEVEL;

MOZAMBIQUE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84863541046     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9596-3     Document Type: Article

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