Vegetation and climatic history of southwest Africa: A marine palynological record of the last 300,000 years

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-131

  Ning, Shi ^a   Dupont, Lydie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Marine palynology; Ocean currents; Southwest africa; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744438876     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01261959     Document Type: Article

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