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11 May 2015
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Northern Hemisphere control of deglacial vegetation changes in the Rufiji uplands (Tanzania)
I. Bouimetarhan
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MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
L. Dupont
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
H. Kuhlmann
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
J. Pätzold
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
M. Prange
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
E. Schefuß
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
K. Zonneveld
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Department of Geosciences, University of Bremen, P.O. Box 330 440, 28334, Bremen, Germany
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This study has great paleoclimatic and paleoecological significance, as it deals with the poorly documented tropical SE African ecosystem during the last deglaciation. Changes in the Rufiji upland vegetation evidenced the response of the regional hydrologic system to high-latitude climatic fluctuations associated with ITCZ shifts, while changes in sensitive tropical salt marshes and mangrove communities in the Rufiji lowland evidenced the impact of sea level changes on the intertidal ecosystem.
This study has great paleoclimatic and paleoecological significance, as it deals with the poorly...
