Multi-proxy evidence of late-Holocene paleoenvironmental change at Princessvlei, South Africa: The effects of fire, herbivores, and humans

2019 ◽  
Vol 221 ◽  
pp. 105896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos E. Cordova ◽  
Kelly L. Kirsten ◽  
Louis Scott ◽  
Michael Meadows ◽  
Andreas Lücke
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Paleoenvironmental Change

Late Holocene development of a major fluvial discontinuity in floodplain wetlands of the Blood River, eastern South Africa

Geomorphology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 205 ◽  
pp. 128-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Tooth ◽  
Terence McCarthy ◽  
Helena Rodnight ◽  
Amanda Keen-Zebert ◽  
Matthew Rowberry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Floodplain Wetlands

Late-Holocene marine radiocarbon reservoir correction (ΔR) for the west coast of South Africa

The Holocene ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (12) ◽  
pp. 1481-1489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve Dewar ◽  
Paula J Reimer ◽  
Judith Sealy ◽  
Stephan Woodborne
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Sea Surface Temperatures ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
The West ◽  
Proxy Data ◽  
Carbon Reservoir ◽  
Carbon Component

In order to calibrate radiocarbon ages based on samples with a marine carbon component it is important to know the marine carbon reservoir correction or ΔR value. This study measured the ΔR on both known-age pre-bomb marine shells and paired marine and terrestrial samples from two regions on the west coast of South Africa: the southwestern Cape and Namaqualand. Pooling the data by region produces ΔR values that are similar enough to use a west coast weighted mean ΔR of 146 ± 85 14C years to correctly calibrate marine shell or mixed marine and terrestrial 14C ages. There are however temporal differences in ΔR throughout the Holocene, which we compare with proxy data for upwelling and sea surface temperatures.

Late Holocene precipitation variability in the summer rainfall region of South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 105-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Curt Stager ◽  
David B. Ryves ◽  
Christiaan King ◽  
Jerome Madson ◽  
Matthew Hazzard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Summer Rainfall ◽  
Precipitation Variability ◽  
Rainfall Region

Mussel Drying and Food Storage in the Late Holocene, SW Cape, South Africa

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Henshilwood ◽  
Peter Nilssen ◽  
John Parkington
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Food Storage
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