Development of grasslands and savannas in East Africa during the Neogene

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  Global and Planetary Change

• Publication date

  1992-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/0031-0182(92)90211-M
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