Environmental and climatic control on seasonal stable isotope variation of freshwater molluscan bivalves in the Turkana Basin (Kenya)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 383-384, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-26

  Vonhof, Hubert B ^a   Joordens, Josephine C A ^a,b   Noback, Marlijn L ^c   van der Lubbe, Jeroen H J L ^d   Feibel, Craig S ^e   Kroon, Dick ^f  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lake Turkana; Molluscs; Palaeoclimate; Stable isotopes; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIVALVE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CYCLICITY; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHELL; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE TURKANA; TURKANA BASIN;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84878639314     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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