Late Pleistocene–Holocene Palaeoenvironmental Evolution of the Makgadikgadi Basin, Central Kalahari, Botswana: New Evidence From Shallow Sediments and Ostracod Fauna

The Makgadikgadi Basin in Botswana hosts a system of salt lakes, which developed from the Upper Pleistocene onward due to the gradual shrinking of the giant Lake Palaeo-Makgadikgadi. Stratigraphic and palaeoclimatic studies of this area are difficult due to the influence of several factors, such as...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Fulvio Franchi, Barbara Cavalazzi, Mary Evans, Sevasti Filippidou, Ruaraidh Mackay, Paolo Malaspina, Goitse Mosekiemang, Alex Price, Veronica Rossi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-04-01
Subjects:	Kalahari playa lake evaporites ostracods late Quaternary
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.818417/full