Landform evolution in the context of climatic change and neo-tectonism in the Middle Kalahari of north-central Botswana

HJ Cooke - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 1980 - JSTOR
The Middle Kalahari of north-central Botswana is dominated by a huge basin of inland
drainage partly filled with the geological formation known as the Kalahari beds, of late …

Paleoclimatic variations in West Africa from a record of late Pleistocene and Holocene lake level stands of Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana

TM Shanahan, JT Overpeck, CW Wheeler… - Palaeogeography …, 2006 - Elsevier
A detailed investigation of geomorphological evidence of paleoshorelines and exposed
stratigraphic sections of lake deposits, combined with a chronology based on radiocarbon …

Evidence for Megalake Chad, north-central Africa, during the late Quaternary from satellite data

MJ Leblanc, C Leduc, F Stagnitti… - Palaeogeography …, 2006 - Elsevier
The existence of a very large Lake Chad during the late Quaternary, Megalake Chad, has
long been questioned. A Megalake Chad would present strong evidence for climatic …

Geomorphological contributions to palaeolimnology on the African continent

SL Burrough, DSG Thomas - Geomorphology, 2009 - Elsevier
Lakes are highly informative repositories of information of the terrestrial response to regional
and global climate drivers. In Quaternary studies lake floor records are now frequently used …

Palaeolimnology of Lake Bogoria (Kenya) during the 4500 BP high lacustrine phase

A Vincens, J Casanova, JJ Tiercelin - Geological Society, London …, 1986 - lyellcollection.org
Lake Bogoria (altitude 990 m) lies within the Kenya Rift Valley (0° 15′ N, 36° 10′ E). A
high lake stage is marked by a double stromatolite belt: the first, occurring at 999 m, is …

Late Quaternary landforms and environmental change in northwest Botswana: the evidence of Lake Ngami and the Mababe Depression

P Shaw - Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 1985 - JSTOR
Lake Ngami and the Mababe Depression contain series of concentric shoreline features
controlled by volume: area thresholds in the Okavango Delta region. Of particular interest …

Paleochemistry of plio-pleistocene lake Turkana, Kenya

TE Cerling - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 1979 - Elsevier
Abstract The paleochemistry of Plio-Pleistocene Lake Turkana can be estimated by using
the chemistry of lakes from the Eastern Rift of Africa as an analogue. Most modern East …

Palaeoecology and age of a Quarternary high lake level in the Makgadikgadi Basin of the Middle...

PA Shaw, S Stokes - South African Journal of Science, 1997 - search.ebscohost.com
Presents the results of the investigation into the chronology and palaeoenvironmental
significance of diatom beds at Moremaoto on the Boteti River, a fluvial link in the Palaeo …

Seismic records of late Pleistocene aridity in Lake Tanganyika, tropical East Africa

MM McGlue, KE Lezzar, AS Cohen, JM Russell… - Journal of …, 2008 - Springer
New intermediate-resolution, normal-incidence seismic reflection profiles from Lake
Tanganyika's central basin capture dramatic evidence of base-level change during two …

New AMS dates, stratigraphic correlations and decadal climatic cycles for the past 4 ka at Lake Turkana, Kenya

JD Halfman, TC Johnson, BP Finney - Palaeogeography …, 1994 - Elsevier
New AMS radiocarbon dates and stratigraphic correlations of 7 piston cores recovered from
Lake Turkana, East Africa, show that the frequency of cyclic variability is greater than …