Late Pliocene grassland from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-293

  Bamford, Marion K ^a   Stanistreet, Ian G ^b   Stollhofen, Harald ^c   Albert, Rosa M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grassland; Macrofossils; Olduvai Gorge; Serengeti ecosystem; Terminal Neogene

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GROUND COVER; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; OLDUVAI GORGE; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CAREX; POACEAE;

EID: 37449011263     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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