Implications of summer breeding frogs from Langebaanweg, South Africa: Regional climate evolution at 5.1 mya

No direct palaeoclimatic proxies have been available to indicate the seasonality or amount of rainfall on the west coast of southern Africa during the Early Pliocene. The Benguela Upwelling System (BUS) is today one of the factors responsible for the present-day aridity on the west coast of southern...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thalassa Matthews, G. John Measey, †David L. Roberts
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2016-09-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.sajs.co.za/article/view/3654