Early Miocene grassland ecosystem at Bukwa, Mount Elgon, Uganda;Un écosystème de prairie dans le Miocène inférieur à Bukwa, mont Elgon, Ouganda

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 213-219

  Pickford, Martin ^a,b  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Early Miocene; Grassland ecosystem; Palaeoenvironment; Palaeosols; Terrestrial gastropods; Uganda; Volcanic ashes

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

UGANDA;

FRAXINUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0344944060     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00029-5     Document Type: Article

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