New evidence for the lack of C4 grassland expansions during the early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, South Africa

Paleobiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 378-388

  Franz Odendaal, Tamara A ^a   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^a   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ARTIODACTYLA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0037968158     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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