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Holocene sea level and environmental change at the southern Cape – an 8.5 kyr multi-proxy paleoclimate record from Lake Voëlvlei, South Africa
Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller
University Jena, Jena, Germany
Marcel Bliedtner
Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller
University Jena, Jena, Germany
Andrew S. Carr
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of
Leicester, Leicester, UK
Peter Frenzel
Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena,
Germany
Björn Klaes
Department of Geology, Trier University, Trier, Germany
Gary Salazar
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Julian Struck
Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller
University Jena, Jena, Germany
Sönke Szidat
Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Roland Zech
Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller
University Jena, Jena, Germany
Torsten Haberzettl
Physical Geography, Institute for Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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Short summary
This study presents a multi-proxy record from Lake Voёlvlei and provides new insights into the sea level and paleoclimate history of the past 8.5 ka at South Africa’s southern Cape coast. Our results show that sea level changes at the southern coast are in good agreement with the western coast of South Africa. In terms of climate our record provides valuable insights into changing sources of precipitation at the southern Cape coast, i.e. westerly- and easterly-derived precipitation contribution.
This study presents a multi-proxy record from Lake Voёlvlei and provides new insights into the...
