Vegetation during UMBI and deposition of Tuff IF at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania (ca. 1.8 Ma) based on phytoliths and plant remains

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 342-350

  Albert, Rosa Maria ^a   Bamford, Marion K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fault compartments; Grass; Palm; Plio Pleistocene landscape; Sedge

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDGE; VEGETATION COVER;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

LILIOPSIDA;

EID: 84864547811     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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