High-resolution pollen record from core KW31, Gulf of Guinea, documents the history of the lowland forests of West Equatorial Africa since 40,000 yr ago

Quaternary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 432-443

  Lezine, Anne Marie ^a   Cazet, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

African rain forest; Gulf of Guinea; Late Quaternary; Marine palynology; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EID: 27944433455     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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