Holocene mangrove dynamics in Makoba Bay, Zanzibar

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 379-380, Issue , 2013, Pages 54-67

  Punwong, Paramita ^a   Marchant, Rob ^a   Selby, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Coastal change; Pollen analysis; Vegetation pollen index

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARCOAL; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION INDEX;

MAKOBA BAY; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84879191054     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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