Variations in water level for Lake Turkana in the past 8500 years near Mt. Porr, Kenya and the transition from the African Humid Period to Holocene aridity

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-101

  Forman, Steven L ^a   Wright, David K ^b   Bloszies, Christopher ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake level; Lake turkana; Monsoon variability; Relict beaches

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BEACHES; OCEANOGRAPHY; QUARTZ; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

HOLOCENES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; LAKE LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; LAKE LEVELS; MONSOON VARIABILITY; QUARTZ GRAINS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WESTERN INDIAN OCEANS;

LAKES;

ARIDITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPRESSION; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PALEOCLIMATE; POSTGLACIAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; INDIAN OCEAN; LAKE TURKANA;

EID: 84901818219     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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