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Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape?

Late Pleistocene terrestrial climate information in the Western Cape. South Africa may be preserved in oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in paedogenic calcrete that bas Conned in zeuweltjies (large circular earth mounds). He11weltjles are common landscape features and their potential as palaeoclimati...

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Main Author: Potts, Alistair
Other Authors: Midgley, Jeremy
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Language:English
Published: Department of Biological Sciences 2023
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description Late Pleistocene terrestrial climate information in the Western Cape. South Africa may be preserved in oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in paedogenic calcrete that bas Conned in zeuweltjies (large circular earth mounds). He11weltjles are common landscape features and their potential as palaeoclimatic archives is not known, simply because it has never been investigated. Samples were taken from three depth-profiles down a single hemvcltjie near Worcester. Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios were detennincd. In total, fifty-four samples were analysed. The o13C values vary from -7.4%. to -4.9%0 relative to PDB. whereas 15180 vary from 28.05'160 to 30.91%0 relative to SMOW.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/39088 Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape? Potts, Alistair Midgley, Jeremy Harris, Chris Botany Late Pleistocene terrestrial climate information in the Western Cape. South Africa may be preserved in oxygen and carbon isotope ratios in paedogenic calcrete that bas Conned in zeuweltjies (large circular earth mounds). He11weltjles are common landscape features and their potential as palaeoclimatic archives is not known, simply because it has never been investigated. Samples were taken from three depth-profiles down a single hemvcltjie near Worcester. Carbon and oxygen isotope ratios were detennincd. In total, fifty-four samples were analysed. The o13C values vary from -7.4%. to -4.9%0 relative to PDB. whereas 15180 vary from 28.05'160 to 30.91%0 relative to SMOW. 2023-11-30T08:39:20Z 2023-11-30T08:39:20Z 2006 2023-11-30T08:24:04Z Thesis / Dissertation Honours Hons http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39088 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science
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Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape?
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title Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape?
title_full Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape?
title_fullStr Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape?
title_full_unstemmed Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape?
title_short Heuweltjies : a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the Western Cape?
title_sort heuweltjies a window into the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of the western cape
topic Botany
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