Late glacial and holocene palaeoclimatology of the Drakensberg of the Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Eight climatic events during the Holocene are evidenced in the East Cape Drakensberg by fluvial, archaeological and palynological deposits. Flood plain deposition under relatively moist conditions occurred in the Early Holocene, before ca. 7000 BP. Semi-arid conditions with limited fluvial activity dominated the Mid Holocene until ca. 3200 BP. Alternating flood plain erosion and deposition occurred in the Late Holocene. Four climatic events, for which there is palynological and limited archaeological evidence, have been identified in the Late Glacial.

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1. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/305/1/Late_Glacial_Lewis.pdf
2. Lewis, C.A. (2005) Late glacial and holocene palaeoclimatology of the Drakensberg of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Quaternary International, 129 (1). pp. 33-48. ISSN 1040-6182

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:Rhodes/oai:eprints.ru.ac.za:305
Date	January 2005
Creators	Lewis, C.A.
Source Sets	Rhodes University SA
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, PeerReviewed
Format	application/pdf
Relation	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2004.04.005, http://eprints.ru.ac.za/305/