Late Quaternary sedimentological and climate changes at Lake Bosumtwi Ghana: New constraints from laminae analysis and radiocarbon age modeling

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 361-362, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-60

  Shanahan, Timothy M ^a,b   Beck, J Warren ^b   Overpeck, Jonathan T ^b,c   McKay, Nicholas P ^b   Pigati, Jeffrey S ^b,d   Peck, John A ^e   Scholz, Christopher A ^f   Heil, Clifford W ^g   King, John ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^f SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Age model; Lake; Paleoclimate; Radiocarbon; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GRAPHITIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; LAMINAR FLOW; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASHANTI; GHANA; LAKE BOSUMTWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84866880919     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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