Lake Bosumtwi Sediment Core (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Lake Bosumtwi Sediment Core

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This sediment core taken from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana has annually deposited layers. These layers provide a high-resolution chronology for the sediments and a means of reconstructing past climate variations. A meter stick lies alongside the core for scale.

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T.M. Shanahan and W. Wheeler.

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