Africa

Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 79-150

  Nash, David J ^a,b   Meadows, Michael E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Environmental changes across Africa, in the Quaternary; Environmental changes in tropical regions, upon global climates; Last glacial interglacial transition; Mediterranean basin, history of human occupation; Mediterranean North Africa; Palaeobotanical evidence for periods prior to onset of Holocene; Potential climate forcing factors; Sahara and the Sahel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888688753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118336311.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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