Development of grasslands and savannas in East Africa during the Neogene

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology - Tập 97 Số 3 - Trang 241-247 - 1992
Thure E. Cerling1
1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 USA

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