Middle Pleistocene dynamics of southern Africa's winter rainfall zone from δ13C and δ18O values of Hoedjiespunt faunal enamel

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-80

  Hare, Vincent ^a   Sealy, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioapatite; Bovidae; Glacial interglacial; Middle Pleistocene; Southern Africa; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFALL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

BOVIDAE; PARAHYAENA BRUNNEA; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 84875067894     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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