Influence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate on vegetation distributions in southwest Africa elucidated from sedimentary n-alkanes - Differences between 12°S and 20°S

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue , 2015, Pages 160-171

  Badewien, Tanja ^a   Vogts, Angela ^b   Dupont, Lydie ^c   Rullkötter, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctic warming; C3 plants; C4 plants; Carbon isotopes; CO2; Heinrich Stadial; Holocene; Insolation; n Alkanes; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTIC WARMING; CARBON ISOTOPES; HEINRICH STADIAL; HOLOCENES; N-ALKANES; PLEISTOCENE;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 84939781030     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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