Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 12
This reference provides up-to-date information on research in many different disciplines which give an overall insight into the environmental history of Africa.
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Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 12
This reference provides up-to-date information on research in many different disciplines which give an overall insight into the environmental history of Africa.
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Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 12

Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 12

Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 12

Palaeoecology of Africa, volume 12

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Overview

This reference provides up-to-date information on research in many different disciplines which give an overall insight into the environmental history of Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789061910503
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/01/1980
Series: Palaeoecology of Africa , #12
Pages: 418
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

J.A. Coetzee, E.M. van Zinderen Bakker, both Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein.

Table of Contents

Meteorology and climate: Climatic fluctuations in the arid belt of the ‘Old World’ since the Last Glacial maximum; possible causes and future implications; Some implications of GATE results for Saharan dust transports across the Atlantic; Meteorological patterns and the transport of mineral dust from the North African continent; Indicators of climate on land; Pluvial and arid phases in the Sahara: The role of non-climatic factors; Soil accumulations and climatic variations in Western Sahara; Sand circulation in the Sahara: Geomorphological relations between the Sahara desert and its Margins; Dune forms and wind regime, Mauritania, West Africa: Implications for past climate; Eolian dust from the Sahara desert; Young Pleistocene loess as an indicator for the climate in the Mediterranean area; Fluvial processes in the Sahara; Present and past geomorphic evidences in the development of a badlands landscape: Zin V alley, Northern Negev, Israel; The relative importance of climate and local hydrogeological factors in influencing lake-level fluctuations; Isotopic identification of Saharian ground-waters, groundwater formation in the past Indicators of climate in marine sediments; Climate indicators in marine sediments off Northwest Africa — A critical review; Marine clay sedimentation and climate in the Late Quaternary off North west Africa (Abstract); Variations of the surface water temperatures along the Eastern North Atlantic continental margin (Sediment surface samples, Holocene climatic optimum, and Last Glacial maximum); The Late Quaternary marine paleo-environments between Europe and Africa; Late Quaternary West African climate inferred from palynology of Atlantic deep-sea cores; Upwelling and climate off Northwest Africa during the Late Quaternary; Late Quaternary deep-sea record on Northwest African dust supply and wind circulation; Reference sections on land; The Sahelian zone and the problems of desertification — climatic and anthropogenic causes of desert encroachment; Northwestern Sahara margin: Terrestrial stratigraphy of the Upper Quaternary and some paleoclimatic implications; The littoral deposits of the Saharian Atlantic coast since 150 000 years B.P.; Pleistocene lakes in the Shati area, Fezzan (27°30'N); The Southwestern Sahara margin: Sediments and climatic changes during the Recent Quaternary; Modelling of climate and plant cover in the Sahara for 5 500 B.P. and 18 000 B.P.; Climatological aspects of the spatial and temporal variations of the Southern Sahara margin; Late Quaternary changes in lake-levels and diatom assemblages on the Southeastern margin of the Sahara; The paleoclimate of the Central Sahara, Libya, and the Libyan Desert; Holocene biogeographical variations along the Northwestern African coast (28°-19°N). Palaeoclimati Implications; General aspects: Comparison of Late-Quaternary climatic evolutions in the Sahara and the Namib-Kalahari region; End of the Last Interglacial: A predictive model of the future?
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