A late Holocene palaeoenvironmental record from Lake Tizong, northern Cameroon using diatom and carbon stable isotope analyses

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-62

  Nguetsop, Victor François ^a,b   Bentaleb, Ilham ^b   Favier, Charly ^b   Bietrix, Sophie ^b   Martin, Céline ^b   Servant Vildary, Simone ^c   Servant, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Diatoms; Late Holocene; Northern Cameroon; Palaeoclimates; Palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; DIATOMS; LATE HOLOCENE; NORTHERN-CAMEROON; PALAEOCLIMATES; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS;

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKES;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAVANNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84878131167     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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