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Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-1-2022
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Research article
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06 Jan 2022
Research article |  | 06 Jan 2022

Continuous vegetation record of the Greater Cape Floristic Region (South Africa) covering the past 300 000 years (IODP U1479)

Lydie M. Dupont, Xueqin Zhao, Christopher Charles, John Tyler Faith, and David Braun

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We studied the vegetation and climate of southwestern South Africa for the period of the past 300000 years. Vegetation and climate development in this region are interesting because the vegetation of the Western Cape is a global biodiversity hotspot and because the archeology of the region substantially contributed to the understanding of the origins of modern humans. We found that the influence of precession variability on the vegetation and climate of southwestern South Africa is strong.
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