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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Lake Bosumtwi"”.
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Interpreting Ancient Climate Signals from Sedimentary Archives of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana
… from scientific drill cores recovered from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana, as part of a drilling campaign supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program.</p> <p>Laminations in sedimentary profiles can represent not only seasonal …
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ELEVATED PYROGENIC ORGANIC MATTER IN SEDIMENTS FROM LAKE BOSUMTWI, GHANA AS A PROXY FOR THE TERMINATION OF THE AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD
… markers of pyrolysis in a sediment core from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana, west Africa. The African climate has been dynamic throughout the Quaternary, influenced by multiple drivers varying in duration and magnitude. One particularly notable period is the transition from the African Humid Period …
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Modern Pollen-Vegetation Relationships In Ghana, Tropical West Africa
… interpretations of fossil pollen assemblages. Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana, is a 1 million year old meteorite impact crater-lake, in which pollen has been deposited tracking vegetation change, including the expansion and contraction of grass dominated landscapes evidenced by very high proportions of …
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Lacustrine Turbidites from Tropical African Lakes as Indicators of Hydrologic and Climatic Changes
… turbidites (i.e. hyperpycnites) preserved in lake basins are proven indicators of hydrologic changes, yet their usefulness as recorders of tropical paleoclimate variability has long been overlooked. The primary focus of this dissertation research is to investigate the late Quaternary …