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| Dalibard, Mathieu; Popescu, Speranta-maria; Maley, Jean; Baudin, Francois; Melinte-dobrinescu, Mihaela-carmen; Pittet, Bernard; Marsset, Tania; Dennielou, Bernard; Droz, Laurence; Suc, Jean-pierre. |
| The essential characteristics of the vegetation dynamics of tropical Africa remain only partially known. This study assesses the succession of vegetation-types over Central Africa during the last two glacial/interglacial cycles. Analysis of core KZai 02, which contains pollen from the Zaire River watershed (latitudes 9°N-13°S), allows the investigation of long-term patterns of plant ecosystem development and their climatic causes. Core KZai 02 (18.20 m long) was recovered from 6°24.20′S/9°54.10′E in the uppermost axial edifice of the Zaire deep sea fan. The chronology of this sedimentary archive was established using nannofossils and correlations of pollen and total organic carbon signals with the nearby core GeoB1008. The pollen record indicates that: (i)... |
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Palavras-chave: Central Africa; Climate; Environmental parameters; Late Pleistocene; Pollen; Vegetation dynamics. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00199/31031/29436.pdf |
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