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Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1847-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-19-1847-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 9
Research article
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25 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 25 Sep 2023

Multi-proxy speleothem-based reconstruction of mid-MIS 3 climate in South Africa

Jenny Maccali, Anna Nele Meckler, Stein-Erik Lauritzen, Torill Brekken, Helen Aase Rokkan, Alvaro Fernandez, Yves Krüger, Jane Adigun, Stéphane Affolter, and Markus Leuenberger

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The southern coast of South Africa hosts some key archeological sites for the study of early human evolution. Here we present a short but high-resolution record of past changes in the hydroclimate and temperature on the southern coast of South Africa based on the study of a speleothem collected from Bloukrantz Cave. Overall, the paleoclimate indicators suggest stable temperature from 48.3 to 45.2 ka, whereas precipitation was variable, with marked short drier episodes.
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