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Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1083-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1083-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Research article
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19 Jun 2019
Research article |  | 19 Jun 2019

Effects of atmospheric CO2 variability of the past 800 kyr on the biomes of southeast Africa

Lydie M. Dupont, Thibaut Caley, and Isla S. Castañeda

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Multiproxy study of marine sediments off the Limpopo River mouth spanning the Late Pleistocene reveals the impact of atmospheric carbon dioxide on the development of the vegetation of southeast Africa and indicates changes in the interglacial vegetation before and after the Mid-Brunhes Event (430 ka).
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