Quaternary climatic change in southern and eastern Africa during the last 300 ka: The evidence from caves in Somalia and the Transvaal region of South Africa

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 108, Issue , 1997, Pages 15-48

  Brook, George A ^a   Cowart, James B ^b   Brandt, Steven A ^c   Scott, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031422396     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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