Holocene climate variability in the winter rainfall zone of South Africa

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2347-2364

  Weldeab, S ^a   Stuut, J B W ^b,c   Schneider, R R ^d   Siebel, W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; COASTAL WATER; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; UPWELLING;

ORANGE RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84886430342     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-2347-2013     Document Type: Article

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