A Holocene vegetation history from the southern Cape coast of South Africa: palynological and microcharcoal evidence from Eilandvlei

Lynne J. Quick; Torsten Haberzettl; M. Wündsch; Kelly L. Kirsten; Thomas Kasper; Jussi Baade; Gerhard Daut; Roland Mäusbacher; Michael E. Meadows; Matthias Zabel

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.122

Abstract

The southern Cape falls within the Fynbos Biome, a global biodiversity hotspot, and encompasses rare Afrotemperate forest patches and is therefore of great botanical importance. As this area includes the transition from southern Africa's winter rainfall zone to the year-round rainfall zone, it is also important from a climatic perspective. The Wilderness embayment, located on the southern Cape coast, represents one of the key focus areas within the RAIN (Regional Archives for Integrated iNvestigations) project. RAIN aims to integrate palaeoenvironmental data from both terrestrial and marine archives in South Africa in order to assess past climate and ecosystem change. The field campaign in October 2013 yielded several sediment cores from the Wilderness lakes. Surpassing all expectations, the core that was recovered from Eilandvlei was 30.5 m in length. With a basal age of 10 300 cal yr BP, this core represents a uniquely high-resolution Holocene sequence for southern Africa.

Original language	English
Pages	183
Number of pages	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.122
Publication status	Published - 6 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference - Cape Town, South Africa Duration: 30 Jan 2015 → 7 Feb 2015 Conference number: 1

Conference

Conference	The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference
Abbreviated title	AfQUA
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Cape Town
Period	30/01/15 → 7/02/15

Keywords

pollen
microcharcoal
Holocene
Southern Cape
palaeoenvironments

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Quick, L. J., Haberzettl, T., Wündsch, M., Kirsten, K. L., Kasper, T., Baade, J., Daut, G., Mäusbacher, R., Meadows, M. E., & Zabel, M. (2016). A Holocene vegetation history from the southern Cape coast of South Africa: palynological and microcharcoal evidence from Eilandvlei. 183. Abstract from The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference, Cape Town, South Africa. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.122

A Holocene vegetation history from the southern Cape coast of South Africa: palynological and microcharcoal evidence from Eilandvlei. / Quick, Lynne J.; Haberzettl, Torsten; Wündsch, M. et al.
2016. 183 Abstract from The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Quick, LJ, Haberzettl, T, Wündsch, M, Kirsten, KL, Kasper, T, Baade, J, Daut, G, Mäusbacher, R, Meadows, ME & Zabel, M 2016, 'A Holocene vegetation history from the southern Cape coast of South Africa: palynological and microcharcoal evidence from Eilandvlei', The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 30/01/15 - 7/02/15 pp. 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.122

Quick LJ, Haberzettl T, Wündsch M, Kirsten KL, Kasper T, Baade J et al.. A Holocene vegetation history from the southern Cape coast of South Africa: palynological and microcharcoal evidence from Eilandvlei. 2016. Abstract from The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference, Cape Town, South Africa. Epub 2016 May 24. doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.122

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