Vegetation and climate dynamics during the last glacial period in the fynbos-afrotemperate forest ecotone, southern Cape, South Africa

Quaternary International

Volumn 404, Issue , 2016, Pages 136-149

  Quick, Lynne J ^a   Meadows, Michael E ^a   Bateman, Mark D ^b   Kirsten, Kelly L ^a   Mäusbacher, Roland ^c   Haberzettl, Torsten ^c   Chase, Brian M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Glacial vegetation dynamics; Microcharcoal; Pollen; Sedimentology; South Africa; Southern Cape palaeoenvironments

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOTONE; FYNBOS; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATE FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CANTHIUM; MORELLA; PENTZIA; PODOCARPUS;

EID: 84940970458     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.027     Document Type: Article

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