The early Paleogene is critical for understanding global biodiversity patterns in modern
ecosystems. During this interval, Southern Hemisphere continents were largely …

High-resolution mapping, sampling and analysis of upper Quaternary southern African
continental margin sediments recovered from beyond the Last Glacial Maximum shoreline (> …

Although Africa was south of the Tethys Sea and originally belonged to the Gondwana, its
paleobiogeographical history appears to have been distinct from those of both Gondwana …

The Mesozoic–Cenozoic transition was a period of dramatic global change during which
time the Earth's continents were in the process of fragmenting from a large, relatively …

East of Still Bay on the Cape south coast of South Africa lies a rugged, remote stretch of sea
cliffs that expose Late Pleistocene aeolianites. A zone of dense concentration of fossil tracks …

A multi-proxy study of an offshore core in Saldanha Bay (South Africa) provides new insights
into fluvial deposition, ecosystems, phytogeography and sea-level history during the late …

BACKGROUND During Leg 175, 13 sites were drilled off the western and southwestern
coasts of Africa. This area is one of the most productive regions of the world ocean. The …

Recent excavations and prospecting in the early to middle Miocene deposits of the Maradah
Formation in Jabal Zaltan, Libya, yielded a diverse fish assemblage coming from an early …

The breakup of Gondwana resulted in sedimentary deposits recording lacustrine to marine
environmental transitions in the South Atlantic rift basins during the Early Cretaceous …

An epicontinental sea bisected West Africa periodically from the Late Cretaceous to the early
Eocene, in dramatic contrast to the current Sahara Desert that dominates the same region …