Carbon cycling within an East African lake revealed by the carbon isotope composition of diatom silica: A 25-ka record from Lake Challa, Mt. Kilimanjaro

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-63

  Barker, Philip A ^a   Hurrell, Elizabeth R ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Plessen, Birgit ^d   Wolff, Christian ^d   Conley, Daniel J ^e   Keppens, Eddy ^f   Milne, Isla ^g   Cumming, Brian F ^g   Laird, Kathleen R ^g   Kendrick, Chris P ^c   Wynn, Peter M ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^h  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Diatom frustule carbon; East Africa; Lake carbon cycle; Lake Challa; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BUDGET CONTROL; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DIGITAL STORAGE; ECONOMICS; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTS; SILICA;

CARBON CYCLES; CARBON ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; EAST AFRICA; PALAEOCLIMATE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEDIMENT ORGANIC MATTERS;

LAKES;

ALGA; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIATOM; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; SILICA;

KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; LAKE CHALLA; TANZANIA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84881373038     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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