Late Quaternary climatic changes, and associated human responses, during the last ~ 45 000 yr in the Eastern and adjoining Western Cape, South Africa

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 167-187

  Lewis, Colin A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; Late Glacial; Late Quaternary; palaeoclimatology; palaeoenvironments; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WARMING;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 43649085913     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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