Late Quaternary history of Lake Besaka, Ethiopa in Palaeoecology of Africa and the surrounding islands-Vol 13.

Auteurs :
WILLIAMS, M. A. J.
WILLIAMS, F. M.
BISHOP, P. M.
COETZEE, J. A.
VAN ZINDEREN BAKKER, E. M. Sr

Description :
Lake Besaka, as a groundwater-fed lake which appears to have overflowed eastwards into the Awash during the late Pleistocene and perhaps again during the earliest Holocene, is not a sensitive indicator of climatic change. Only two major transgressions are so far evident in the late Quaternary depositional record of the lake, one dated to about 11,000-12,000 BP, the other perhaps 10,000 years older. Tectonic and volcanic factors have undoubtedly modulated the response of Lake Besaka to climatic change within the past 30,000 years.


Type de document :
Monographie

Source :
, p. 93-104, Références bibliographiques : 9 réf.

Date :
1981

Identifiants :
isbn : 90-6191-203-2

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Rotterdam, A. A. Balkema