Climatic change in northern Ethiopia during the past 17,000 years: a diatom and stable isotope record from Lake Ashenge

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Marshall, M.H., Lamb, H.F., Davies, S.J., Leng, M.J., Kubsa, Z., Umer, M., Bryant, C.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Basin Lake; Greenland; Greenland ice core; ice core
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/80317/

Lake Ashenge, a closed-basin lake near the northernmost penetration of summer monsoon rains, is well placed to provide a continental record of past changes in the strength of the African monsoon system. Diatom and oxygen isotope analyses of the lake sediments confirm that the overall trend of climat...