Evidence for global teleconnections in a late Pleistocene speleothem record of water balance and vegetation change at Sudwala Cave, South Africa

Helen Green; Robyn Pickering; Russell Drysdale; Brett C Johnson; John Hellstrom; Malcolm Wallace

Journal article

Evidence for global teleconnections in a late Pleistocene speleothem record of water balance and vegetation change at Sudwala Cave, South Africa

Helen Green, Robyn Pickering, Russell Drysdale, Brett C Johnson, John Hellstrom, Malcolm Wallace

QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.016

University of Melbourne Researchers

Brett Johnson Author Physics

John Hellstrom Author Earth Sciences

Malcolm Wallace Author Earth Sciences

Helen Green Author Earth Sciences

Russell Drysdale Author Geography

Related Projects (2)

AUSTRALIA AS THE WORLD WARMED: OUR REGIONAL RESPONSE TO RAPID GLOBAL WARMING EVENTS IN THE GEOLOGICAL PAST

Projections of global climate change over the next century are so negative we must look to the Pliocene Epoch, more than 2.5 million years a..

AUSTRALIA AS THE WORLD WARMED: OUR REGIONAL RESPONSE TO RAPID GLOBAL WARMING EVENTS IN THE GEOLOGICAL PAST

Projections of global climate change over the next century are so negative we must look to the Pliocene Epoch, more than 2.5 million years a..

Grants

Awarded by University of Melbourne

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge Phillip Owen, Stefa and the staff at Sudwala Caves for their enthusiasm and for making our visits to the caves such a pleasure. Collection and excavation permits were granted by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. Funding received from the University of Melbourne (0023249 McKenzie Fellowship to RP) and the Australian Research Council (DE120102504 to RP). Thanks to Alan Greig for his patient assistance with the laser ablation, to Warrick Joe for stable isotope analyses.