Multiple episodes of aridity in southern Africa since the last interglacial period

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6638, 1997, Pages 154-158

  Stokes, Stephen ^a   Thomas, David S G ^b   Washington, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0030757873     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/40596     Document Type: Article

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