Rainfall control of the ?13C ratios of Mimusops caffra from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-260

  Hall, G ^a,b   Woodborne, S ^b   Pienaar, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dendroclimatology; Drought; KwaZulu Natal; Mimusops caffra; South Africa; Spectral analysis; Stable carbon isotopes; Tree rings; Tropical cyclones; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVERGREEN TREE; PERIODICITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFALL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TREE RING;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

MIMUSOPS;

EID: 67749113341     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608100569     Document Type: Article

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