Variability in glacial and Holocene marine pollen records offshore from west southern Africa

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 16, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Dupont, Lydie M ^a   Behling, Hermann ^b   Jahns, Susanne ^c   Marret, Fabienne ^d   Kim, Jung Hyun ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c OT Wünsdorf ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

Late Quaternary; Marine sediments; Pollen; Southern Africa; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; CYPERACEAE; ELYTROPAPPUS; POACEAE; PODOCARPUS; RESTIONACEAE; RHIZOPHORA; STOEBE;

EID: 33845803077     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-006-0080-8     Document Type: Article

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