δ13C variation of soil organic matter as an indicator of vegetation change during the Holocene in central Cameroon

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 345, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 266-271

  Desjardins, Thierry ^a   Turcq, Bruno ^b   Nguetnkam, Jean Pierre ^c   Achoundong, Gaston ^d   Mandeng Yogo, Magloire ^b   Cetin, Fethyé ^b   Lézine, Anne Marie ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NGAOUNDÉRÉ   (Cameroon)

^d Herbier National du Cameroun   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

14C; Central Africa; Paleoenvironments; Savanna; Semi deciduous tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAVANNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84886087675     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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