Late Quaternary paleoenvironmental changes in East Africa: A review of multiproxy evidence from palynology, lake sediments, and associated records

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 633-658

  Kiage, Lawrence M ^a   Liu, Kam Biu ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

East Africa; Multiproxy evidence; Paleoenvironmental changes; Paleovegetation; Palynology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33947387397     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133306071146     Document Type: Review

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