Evidence for environmental conditions during the last 20 000 years in Southern Africa from 13C in fossil hyrax dung

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 207-215

  Scott, L ^a   Vogel, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dung deposits; Hyrax; Late Quaternary; Stable carbon isotope; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON; DESERT; ECOTYPE; ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL; RAIN; SEASONALITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; MANURE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033711166     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(00)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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