A 700-year record on the effects of climate and human impact on the southern cape coast inferred from lake sediments of eilandvlei, wilderness embayment, south africa

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-360

  Reinwarth, Bastian ^a   Franz, Sarah ^a   Baade, Jussi ^a   Haberzettl, Torsten ^a   Kasper, Thomas ^a   Daut, Gerhard ^a   Helmschrot, Jörg ^b   Kirsten, Kelly L ^c   Quick, Lynne J ^c   Meadows, Michael E ^c   Mäusbacher, Roland ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coastal lake; Geochemistry; Human impact; Lake sediments; Little Ice Age; Sedimentology; South Africa; Southern Cape

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EROSION RATE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND USE CHANGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOECOLOGY; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CAPE COAST; CAPE TOWN; CENTRAL REGION [GHANA]; EASTERN CAPE; GHANA; PORT ELIZABETH; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84897043296     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoa.12015     Document Type: Article

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