Late Quaternary palaeoenvironments of the winter-rainfall zone of southern Africa: Palynological and sedimentological evidence from the Agulhas Plain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 147-165

  Carr, Andrew S ^a   Thomas, David S G ^b   Bateman, Mark D ^a   Meadows, Michael E ^c   Chase, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Luminescence dating; Palynology; Pans; Quaternary; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT CORE; WINTER;

AFRICA; AGULHAS PLAIN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33747065489     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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