Our new paper in ERL, led by Dr. Greta Dargie, shows peatlands of central Congo Basin are twice as old as previously believed. The oldest peat initiated at least 42,000 years ago and persisted through the Last Glacial Maximum dry phase. Open access and free to all iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Timing of peat initiation across the central Congo Basin., Dargie, Greta, Gulliver, Pauline, Lawson, Ian T, Morris, Paul J, Crezee, Bart, Bola, Pierre, Emba Botuli, Ovide, Girkin, Nicholas, Kanyama, Joseph, Biddulph, George, Hawthorne, Donna, Boukono, Déo R. V., Louvouandou, Lisa F., Milandou Matoko, Jodrhy P., Milongo, Brice, Kibongui, Gloire J., Schefuß, Enno, Garcin, Yannick, Bocko, Yannick, Young, Dylan M, Baird, Andy J, Boom, Arnoud, Ewango, Corneille E. N., Averti Ifo, Suspense, Kiahtipes, Chris, Mitchard, Edward T.A., Page, Susan, Sjoegersten, Sofie, Schneider, Ralph R., Tshimanga, Raphael, Trigg, Mark A, Lewis, Simon
