Late quaternary speleogenesis and landscape evolution in a tropical carbonate island: Pango la kuumbi (kuumbi cave), zanzibar

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 293-314

  Kourampas, Nikos ^a   Shipton, Ceri ^b,c   Mills, William ^d   Tibesasa, Ruth ^e   Horton, Henrietta ^f   Horton, Mark ^g   Prendergast, Mary ^h   Crowther, Alison ⁱ   Douka, Katerina ^d   Faulkner, Patrick ^j   Picornell, Llorenç ^k   Boivin, Nicole ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b British Institute in Eastern Africa   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e KYAMBOGO UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f The MENTOR Initiative   (Liberia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Archaeology; Carbonate island karst; Cave deposits; East Africa; Zanzibar

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE DEPOSIT; CAVE DEVELOPMENT; HOLOCENE; KARST; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPELEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ACHATINA; ANIMALIA; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84943240324     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.44.3.7     Document Type: Article

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