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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1153-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-1153-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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27 Jun 2019
Research article |
| 27 Jun 2019
Late Quaternary climate variability at Mfabeni peatland, eastern South Africa
Charlotte Miller
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Jemma Finch
School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Trevor Hill
School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Francien Peterse
Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Marc Humphries
Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Matthias Zabel
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Enno Schefuß
MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of
Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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Short summary
Here we reconstruct vegetation and precipitation, in eastern South Africa, over the last 32 000 years, by measuring the stable carbon and hydrogen isotope composition of plant waxes from Mfabeni peat bog (KwaZulu-Natal). Our results indicate that the late Quaternary climate in eastern South Africa did not respond directly to orbital forcing or to changes in sea-surface temperatures. Our findings stress the influence of the Southern Hemisphere westerlies in driving climate change in the region.
Here we reconstruct vegetation and precipitation, in eastern South Africa, over the last 32 000...
