Sediment Core from Lake Bosumtwi Displaying Annual Layers (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Sediment Core from Lake Bosumtwi Displaying Annual Layers

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Sediment core taken from Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana displaying annually deposited layers. These layers provide a high-resolution chronology for the sediments and a means of reconstructing past climate variations.

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Photograph by T.M. Shanahan and W. Wheeler

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