Holocene palaeoenvironments inferred from a sedimentary sequence in the Tsoaing River Basin, western Lesotho

Catena

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-62

  Grab, Stefan ^a   Scott, Louis ^b   Rossouw, Lloyd ^b,c   Meyer, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lesotho; Palynology; Phytoliths; Sedimentary sequence

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LESOTHO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 15944366207     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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