A late Holocene climate record from a stalagmite, Cold Air Cave, Northern Province, South Africa

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 269-277

  Repinski, P ^a   Holmgren, K ^a   Lauritzen, S E ^b   Lee Thorp, J A ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Holocene; Palaeoclimate; South Africa; Speleothem; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; STALAGMITE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033166672     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00223-5     Document Type: Article

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