Mid-Pleistocene environmental change in tropical Africa began as early as 1.05 Ma

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-198

  Dupont, L M ^a   Donner, B ^a   Schneider, R ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Mid Pleistocene climatic shift; Pollen; Tropical Africa; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035263448     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0195:MPECIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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