African Palaeoenvironments and Geomorphic Landscape Evolution - Palaeoecology of Africa Vol. 30, an International Yearbook of

Zusammenfassung Focuses on what is actually known on former African climates and ecosystems. This title includes research articles on climate and ecosystem dynamics and includes applied topics on geomorphic hazards and future environmental trends in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. How it all began; 2. Reconstructing Environmental Changes; 3. Climate Reconstruction Based on Fluvial Deposits; 4. A Sedimentary Record of Environmental Change; 5. Ecosystem Change During MIS 4 and early MIS 3; 6. The Potential of Phytoliths to Reflect Past Environmental Conditions; 7. Topographic and Hydrological Control of Gully Erosion Phenomena; 8. Gypsum in Desert Soils, Subsurface Crusts and Host Sediments; 9. New Findings on Palaeoenvironmental Conditions; 10. Palaeoclimate of Ondiri Swamp, Kenya; 11. A Cluster-Analysis-Based Climate Classification for NE Africa; 12. Climate and Palaeoenvironmental Evolution in North Tropical Africa; 13. An Assessment of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Natural Hazards in Central Africa.

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• Authors: Jürgen Runge, Jürgen Runge, Jnrgen (EDT) Runge, Joergen Runge, Jorgen Runge, Jurgen Runge, Jurgen (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Runge, RUNGE JURGEN
• Assisted by: J. Rgen Runge (Editor), J?rgen Runge (Editor), Ja1/4rgen Runge (Editor), Joergen Runge (Editor), Jorgen Runge (Editor), Jörgen Runge (Editor), Jurgen Runge (Editor), Jürgen Runge (Editor), Jurgen (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Runge (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2010
• EAN: 9780415587891
• ISBN: 978-0-415-58789-1
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Palaeoecology of Africa; Palaeoecology of Africa
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, Africa, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, REFERENCE / Almanacs, SCIENCE / Paleontology, Applied ecology, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Palaeontology, Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs, Geology & The Lithosphere, Evolution / Evolutionary biology