Early Pleistocene fossil wood from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Quaternary International

Volumn 129, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 15-22

  Bamford, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOOD;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; OLDUVAI GORGE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

GUIBOURTIA COLEOSPERMA;

EID: 11044230427     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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