A Regional Stable Carbon Isotope Dendro-Climatology from the South African Summer Rainfall Area.

Carbon isotope analysis of four baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) trees from the Pafuri region of South Africa yielded a 1000-year proxy rainfall record. The Pafuri record age model was based on 17 radiocarbon dates, cross correlation of the climate record, and ring structures that were presumed to be...

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Main Authors: Stephan Woodborne, Patience Gandiwa, Grant Hall, Adrian Patrut, Jemma Finch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4948844?pdf=render