Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments of the southwestern Cape, South Africa: A regional synthesis

Quaternary International

Volumn 57-58, Issue , 1999, Pages 193-206

  Meadows, Michael E ^a   Baxter, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FYNBOS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033369626     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(98)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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