The African Neogene - Climate, Environments and People: Palaeoecology of Africa 34

ISBN-13: 9780367572914 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 224 str.

Jürgen Runge

Opis

Volume 34 (2017) of the internationally recognized and acclaimed yearbook series ‘Palaeoecology of Africa’ publishes 10 new interdisciplinary scientific papers on former and recent landscape evolution and on past environments of the African continent (e.g. climate change, vegetation dynamics and growing impact of humans on ecosystems).

Spis treści

Biological Evidence for the Paleocene – Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) Event in the Sediments of the Ososun Formation, Eastern Dahomey (Benin) Basin, Southwest Nigeria

Stratigraphic integrity and technological development: the microscopic and metric evidence form Middle Stone Age (MSA) points at Mumba rock-shelter, northern Tanzania.

Exploration of the Tibesti Mountains – readjustment after 50 years?

Paleoenvironments and Paleoclimates during Upper-Peistocene and Holocene periods in the Lake Kivu Western area.

Human Ecological interactions at the Kansyore Island landscape, Western Uganda.

The coastal Holocene sedimentary environments of the Bay of Loango – previous works, recent complements and new approach.

Diatom species from Napoleon Gulf and Sango Bay, Lake Victoria.

Preliminary Report on Early Settlements and Archaeological Materials from Lindi Rural District, Lindi Region, Southeastern Tanzania.

Cultural heritage assets: rituals, grinding hollows and other cultural practices in Simiyu Region, Tanzania.

O autorze

Jürgen Runge is Professor of Physical Geography and Geoecology at the Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany. As an environmentalist and consultant he has worked on the evolution of tropical landscapes and former and recent climate changes in lower latitudes for many years. Since 2005 he is the editor of the series "Palaeoecology of Africa" and a member in several scientific editorial boards. The outcome and results of his research has been used for many applied purposes such as education, regional planning, remote sensing, land use, infrastructure projects and management of natural resources.