Coupled Rock-Eval pyrolysis and spectrophotometry for lacustrine sedimentary dynamics: Application for West Central African rainforests (Kamalété and Nguène lakes, Gabon)

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1173-1183

  Sebag, David ^a,b   Debret, Maxime ^a   M'voubou, Makaya ^c   Obame, Rolf Mabicka ^a,c   Ngomanda, Alfred ^d   Oslisly, Richard ^b   Bentaleb, Ilham ^e   Disnar, Jean Robert ^f   Giresse, Pierre ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES DE MASUKU   (Gabon)

^d CENAREST   (Gabon)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; diffuse reflectance; organic matter; sedimentology; tropical lake

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FACIES; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PYROLYSIS; RAINFOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TROPICAL FOREST;

GABON;

EID: 84879836344     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613483622     Document Type: Article

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