Vegetation changes in Empakaai Crater, northern Tanzania, at 14,800-9300 cal yr BP

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 163-174

  Ryner, Maria A ^a   Bonnefille, Raymonde ^b   Holmgren, Karin ^a   Muzuka, Alfred ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

East Africa; Pleistocene Holocene transition; pollen analysis; vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CRATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ARTEMISIA; CAREX; HAGENIA; NUXIA CONGESTA; POACEAE;

EID: 33745938743     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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