Quantification of climate change for the last 20,000years from Wonderkrater, South Africa: Implications for the long-term dynamics of the Intertropical Convergence Zone

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 386, Issue , 2013, Pages 575-587

  Truc, Loïc ^a   Chevalier, Manuel ^a   Favier, Charly ^a   Cheddadi, Rachid ^a   Meadows, Michael E ^b   Scott, Louis ^c   Carr, Andrew S ^d   Smith, Gideon F ^e,f,g   Chase, Brian M ^a,h  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

African Humid Period; Intertropical Convergence Zone; Pollen analysis; Probability density function; Quantitative climate reconstruction; Quaternary; Southern Africa; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPELEOTHEM; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

INDIAN OCEAN; LIMPOPO; MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL; SOUTH AFRICA; WONDERKRATER;

EID: 84881556672     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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