DeepCHALLA: Two glacial cycles of climate and ecosystem dynamics from equatorial East Africa

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 15, 2013, Pages 72-76

  Verschuren, Dirk ^a   Olagod, Daniel O ^b   Rucina, Stephen M ^c   Odhengo, Peter O ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^d Office of the Prime Minister   (Kenya)

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EID: 84877833251     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.15.09.2013     Document Type: Article

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