Palaeoecology of Africa and the Surrounding Islands, volume 23

1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-90-5410-154-3
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Palaeoecology of Africa

Containing 15 contributions. Vegetation associated with the protohistorical mound of 'Mouyssam II' (KNT2) in the Malian Sahel; Late Quaternary mammalian remains from central and eastern Sudan and their palaeoenvironmental significance; On the ages of humid Late Quaternary phases in southern African arid areas (Namibia, Botswana); Charcoal from Leliehoek shelter, eastern Orange Free State, South Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heine, K.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword; Reconstitution des circulations atmospheriques du Pleistocene terminal et de 1’Holocene au large de 1’Afrique entre 15 et 35°N; Cimentation carbonatees littorales sur les cotes du Senegal a V Holocene Gresifications carbonatees en m ilieu littoral confine de V Holocene des Cotes Mauritaniennes; Vegetation associated with the protohistorical mound of ‘Mouyssam II’ (KNT2) in the Malian Sahel: A reconstruction; Ostrich bones from the Neolithic of Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt; Nimir Cave: Morphology and fauna of a cave in the Egyptian Eastern Desert; Late Quaternary mammalian remains from Central and Eastern Sudan and their palaeoenvironmental significance; New 14C data of Kenya and their geomorphological and palaeoecological interpretation; A TL-calibrated pedostratigraphy of the western lunette dunes of Etosha Pan/northern Namibia: Palaeoenvironmental implications for the last 140ka; On the ages of humid Late Quaternary phases in southern African arid areas (Namibia, Botswana); Evidence of a shallow lake at Tsodilo Hills, Botswana, 17 500 to 15 000 yr BP: Further confirmation of a widespread Late Pleistocene humid period in the Kalahari Desert; Chronology of Late Pleistocene deposits associated with Homo sapiens at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa; Charcoal from Leliehoek shelter, eastern Orange Free State, South Africa; Short communications: A new species of Restiofrom Malawi: Further evidence regarding the palaeoclimatic significance of Restionaceae pollen from central Africa; Late Quaternary mire sediments in tropical Africa: Opportunities for further palynological studies; Book reviews and publications of interest.

Über Autor(innen)

Klaus Heine, Department o f Geography, University o f Regensburg, Germany.