Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the blue nile (central Sudan) during the early and mid-holocene (mesolithic-neolithic transition)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 583-588

  Lario, Javier ^a,b   Sanchez Moral, Sergio ^a   Fernandez, Victor ^c   Jimeno, Alfredo ^c   Menendez, Mario ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE CLIMATE; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

SUDAN, BLUE NILE;

EID: 0030814240     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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