Phytoliths as paleoenvironmental indicators, West Side Middle Awash Valley, Ethiopia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 87-100

  Barboni, D ^a   Bonnefille, R ^a   Alexandre, A ^b   Meunier, J D ^b  

^a FRENCH INSTITUTE OF PONDICHERRY   (India)

^b CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Middle Awash; Paleoenvironment; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; QUATERNARY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

CHLORIDOIDEAE; CYPERACEAE; PANICOIDEAE; POACEAE; POOIDEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0033566635     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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