Hydrological constraints of paleo-Lake Suguta in the Northern Kenya Rift during the African Humid Period (15-5kaBP)

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 174-188

  Junginger, Annett ^a   Trauth, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

African Humid Period; Congo Air Boundary; East African Rift System; Suguta Valley

Indexed keywords

CONGO AIR BOUNDARY; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; HUMID PERIODS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUGUTA VALLEY; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RAIN; WATER LEVELS;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; WATER LEVEL;

KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUGUTA VALLEY;

EID: 84885720214     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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