A high resolution 15,600-year pollen and microcharcoal record from the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 387, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-16

  Valsecchi, Verushka ^a   Chase, Brian M ^a,b   Slingsby, Jasper A ^c,d   Carr, Andrew S ^e   Quick, Lynne J ^d   Meadows, Michael E ^d   Cheddadi, Rachid ^a   Reimer, Paula J ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Fynbos Node   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fynbos Biome; Late Quaternary; Microcharcoal; Pollen; Rock hyrax middens; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOME; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FYNBOS; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SHRUB; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

CEDERBERG; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84881245981     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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