A 3000-year isotopic record from a stalagmite in Cold Air Cave, Makapansgat Valley, Northern Province

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-48

  Stevenson, C ^a   Lee Thorp, J A ^a   Holmgren, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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