Orbital forcing and the spread of C4 grasses in the late Neogene: stable isotope evidence from South African speleothems

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 620-634

  Hopley, Philip J ^a,b   Marshall, Jim D ^b   Weedon, Graham P ^c   Latham, Alf G ^b   Herries, Andy I R ^b,d   Kuykendall, Kevin L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hominin; Monsoon; Precession; Savanna; Walker Circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GRASS; HOMINID; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; ORBITAL FORCING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PRECESSION; SAVANNA; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES; WALKER CIRCULATION;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; MAKAPANSGAT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

POACEAE;

EID: 35648999106     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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