Late Holocene environmental changes in arid southwestern Madagascar

Auteur :
BURNEY, D. A.

Description :
A 5000-yr stratigraphic record containing fossil pollen, charcoal, and bones of the extinct Quaternary megafauna from Andolonomby, a hypersaline pond in arid southwestern Madagascar, shows evidence for climatic desiccation beginning about 3000 yr B.P. The fossil record suggests that various human and natural factors on the island may have interacted in the subsequent millennium to culminate in the extinction of the entire endemic megafauna.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1993, vol. 40, n°. 1, p. 98-106, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 29 réf.

Date :
1993

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier