Optically stimulated luminescence dating using quartz

A Murray, LJ Arnold, JP Buylaert, G Guérin… - Nature Reviews …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

Depositional and sea-level history from MIS 6 (Termination II) to MIS 3 on the southern continental shelf of South Africa

HC Cawthra, Z Jacobs, JS Compton, EC Fisher… - Quaternary Science …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Pleistocene shoreline deposits comprised of calcified shallow marine (palaeobeach) and
aeolian (palaeodune) facies found along mid-latitude coastlines can be useful indicators of …

[كتاب][B] Quaternary sea-level changes: a global perspective

CV Murray-Wallace, CD Woodroffe - 2014‏ - books.google.com
There have been significant changes in sea level over the past two million years, and a
complete understanding of natural cycles of change as well as anthropogenic effects is …

[كتاب][B] Reconstructing archaeological sites: Understanding the geoarchaeological matrix

P Karkanas, P Goldberg - 2018‏ - books.google.com
A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix Reconstructing
Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and …

The environmental context for the origins of modern human diversity: a synthesis of regional variability in African climate 150,000–30,000 years ago

MW Blome, AS Cohen, CA Tryon, AS Brooks… - Journal of human …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
We synthesize African paleoclimate from 150 to 30 ka (thousand years ago) using 85
diverse datasets at a regional scale, testing for coherence with North Atlantic …

Stone age people in a changing South African greater Cape Floristic Region

CW Marean, HC Cawthra, RM Cowling… - … , and conservation of …, 2014‏ - books.google.com
All the major steps in the evolution of the hominin lineage occurred in Africa, from the
divergence with the other apes at~ 7 million years ago (Ma), through the first stone tool …

[HTML][HTML] Morphology and distribution of submerged palaeoshorelines: Insights from the North West Shelf of Australia

U Lebrec, R Riera, V Paumard, MJ O'Leary… - Earth-Science …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Palaeoshorelines and associated palaeo-coastal features are studied to reconstruct past
sea level, climate, and depositional environments. Their identification typically depends on …

Sea-level change in southern Africa since the Last Glacial Maximum

JAG Cooper, AN Green, JS Compton - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Sea-level change around southern Africa (southern Namibia, South Africa, southern
Mozambique) since Termination I has been quantified using a variety of indicators. Existing …

Geological and soil maps of the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain for the Last Glacial Maximum

HC Cawthra, RM Cowling, S Andò… - Quaternary Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The South African Cape South Coast is bordered by one of the broadest continental
shelves in Africa. The Agulhas Bank, inshore shelf and presently exposed coastal plain …

Vegetation and climate dynamics during the last glacial period in the fynbos-afrotemperate forest ecotone, southern Cape, South Africa

LJ Quick, ME Meadows, MD Bateman, KL Kirsten… - Quaternary …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Despite the southern Cape's great climatic and botanical significance (occupying the
transition between the temperate and subtropical circulation systems and forming part of a …