Vegetation change in equatorial West Africa: Time-slices for the last 150 ka

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 95-122

  Dupont, Lydie M ^a   Jahns, Susanne ^b   Marret, Fabienne ^c   Ning, Shi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Inst F Palyn Q   (Germany)

Author keywords

Equatorial West Africa; Glacial interglacial cycle; Late Pleistocene; Marine palynology; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeomaps

Indexed keywords

PALEOBOTANY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION;

AFRICA;

PODOCARPUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0033972680     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00095-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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