Carbon sinks in small Sahelian lakes as an unexpected effect of land use changes since the 1960s (Saga Gorou and Dallol Bosso, SW Niger)

Catena

Volumn 114, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Obame, R Mabicka ^a,b   Copard, Y ^a,c   Sebag, D ^a,d   Abdourhamane Toure A ^e   Boussafir, M ^c   Bichet, V ^f   Garba, Z ^e   Guillon, R ^g   Petit, C ^h   Rajot, J L ^i,j   Durand, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b University of Masuku   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^g Laboratoire Archeobotanique   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

ⁱ UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

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Author keywords

Carbon sink; Global change; Lakes; Particulate organic matter; Sahel; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON SINK; DIAGENESIS; FACIES; GLOBAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; LAND USE CHANGE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION;

DOSSO; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; TILLABERI;

EID: 84888020836     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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