Vegetation and climate history of west equatorial Africa based on a marine pollen record off Liberia (site GIK 16776) covering the last 400,000 years

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 277-288

  Johns, Susanne ^a,d   Hüls, Matthias ^b   Sarnthein, Michael ^c  

^a Inst F Palyn Q   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate history; Marine palynology; Pleistocene; Tropical rain forest; West Africa

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

(WEST); AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

PODOCARPUS;

EID: 0031797241     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(98)00009-8     Document Type: Review

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