Soil phytoliths from miombo woodlands in Mozambique

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-150

  Mercader, Julio ^a   Bennett, Tim ^a   Esselmont, Chris ^a   Simpson, Steven ^a   Walde, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great African Rift; Miombo soils; Mozambique; Niassa; Nonparametric and parametric statistics; Palaeoecology; Phytolith analysis; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

GREAT AFRICAN RIFT; MIOMBO SOILS; MOZAMBIQUE; NIASSA; NON-PARAMETRIC; PALAEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS; TAPHONOMY;

ECOLOGY; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

FLORISTICS; GRASSLAND; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TOPSOIL; WOODLAND;

MOZAMBIQUE; NIASSA;

POACEAE;

EID: 78751585127     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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