Plant xylem anatomy, dendrochronology and stable carbon isotopes as tools in rainfall reconstruction in Southern Africa
Within South Africa there is a growing need for a high resolution proxy rainfall data set that goes back beyond the historic record. As a contribution to meeting this need four techniques for rainfall reconstruction are evaluated. It is only from a new technique utilising measurements of vessel size...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18325 |