Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the early to middle Holocene Chipalamawamba Beds (Malawi Basin, Africa)

Biogeosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4497-4512

  Van Bocxlaer, B ^a,b   Salenbien, W ^a   Praet, N ^a   Verniers, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DOWNCUTTING; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MOLLUSC; OBLIQUE FAULT; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SHELL BED; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVEL;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SHIRE RIVER;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84869380236     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-9-4497-2012     Document Type: Review

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