The RAIN project and first results from Eilandvlei and Verlorenvlei

T. Haberzettl; M. Wündsch; H. Cawthra; G. Daut; P. Frenzel; T. Kasper; S. Meschner; M. Zabel; J. Baade; K.L. Kirsten; L.J. Quick; M.E. Meadows; R. Mäusbacher

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.119

Abstract

As part of the SPACES programme, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the RAIN (Regional Archives for Integrated iNvestigations) project focuses on closely integrated investigations of both terrestrial and marine environmental archives in South Africa in order to assess past climate and ecosystem change. RAIN aims to enhance the knowledge of land-–ocean interactions following transport pathways from source to sink. Previous studies have shown that combined multi-proxy analyses from different environmental systems can contribute significantly to an improved understanding of climate dynamics in southern Africa. Thus, RAIN integrates palaeo-information obtained from paired terrestrial and marine archives in climatically contrasting areas, i.e., the three major rainfall zones of South Africa. A great potential for decoding climate dynamics in southern Africa lies in the connection and comparison of data from its western and eastern boundaries. The RAIN project follows this approach by selecting sites along a W-E transect and applying identical, state-of-the-art methods to all archives.

Original language	English
Pages	182
Number of pages	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.119
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

UN SDGs

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

SDG 14 Life Below Water
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

RAIN
rainfall zones
Eilandvlei
Verlorenvlei
palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

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Haberzettl, T., Wündsch, M., Cawthra, H., Daut, G., Frenzel, P., Kasper, T., Meschner, S., Zabel, M., Baade, J., Kirsten, K. L., Quick, L. J., Meadows, M. E., & Mäusbacher, R. (2016). The RAIN project and first results from Eilandvlei and Verlorenvlei. 182. Abstract from The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference, Cape Town, South Africa. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.119

Haberzettl, T, Wündsch, M, Cawthra, H, Daut, G, Frenzel, P, Kasper, T, Meschner, S, Zabel, M, Baade, J, Kirsten, KL, Quick, LJ, Meadows, ME & Mäusbacher, R 2016, 'The RAIN project and first results from Eilandvlei and Verlorenvlei', The African Quaternary: environments, ecology and humans Inaugural AFQUA conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 30/01/15 - 7/02/15 pp. 182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.119

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