Age models for long lacustrine sediment records using multiple dating approaches - An example from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-60

  Shanahan, Timothy M ^a,b   Peck, John A ^c   McKay, Nicholas ^b   Heil, Clifford W ^d   King, John ^d   Forman, Steven L ^e   Hoffmann, Dirk L ^f,g   Richards, David A ^f   Overpeck, Jonathan T ^b,h   Scholz, Christopher ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

ⁱ SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronology; Lake; Lake Bosumtwi; Paleoclimate; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; TIME SERIES; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASHANTI; GHANA; LAKE BOSUMTWI;

EID: 84875259409     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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