Fossil soils, grasses, and carbon isotopes from Fort Ternan, Kenya: grassland or woodland?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 295-306

  Cerling, T E ^a   Quade, J ^a   Ambrose, S H ^b   Sikes, N E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL SOIL; GRASS; GRASSLAND; PALEOSOL; SOIL FORMATION; WOODLAND;

KENYA, FORT TERNAN;

EID: 0026273484     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-2484(91)90110-H     Document Type: Article

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