Late Quaternary soil genesis and vegetation history on the northern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, East Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Zech, Michael ^a   Leiber, Katharina ^a   Zech, Wolfgang ^a   Poetsch, Thomas ^b   Hemp, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; HOLOCENE; KATABATIC FLOW; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONTANE FOREST; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; QUATERNARY; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY; WEATHERING PROFILE;

KILIMANJARO [KILIMANJARO (RGA)]; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

POACEAE;

EID: 80052663923     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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