Downscaling last glacial maximum climate over southern Africa

FA Engelbrecht, CW Marean, RM Cowling… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
We conducted the first dynamic downscaling of Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) climate over
southern Africa using a regional climate model. Eight coupled global climate model (CGCM) …

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 …

Strontium isotope investigation of ungulate movement patterns on the Pleistocene Paleo-Agulhas plain of the Greater Cape floristic region, South Africa

SR Copeland, HC Cawthra, EC Fisher… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Middle Stone Age sites located within the Greater Cape Floristic Region on the
South African southern coast have material culture with early evidence for key modern …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Palaeoshorelines on the Australian continental shelf: Morphology, sea-level relationship and applications to environmental management and archaeology

BP Brooke, SL Nichol, Z Huang, RJ Beaman - Continental Shelf Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Palaeoshorelines that lie submerged on stable continental shelves are relict coastal
depositional and erosional structures formed during periods of lower sea level. An analysis …

Characterisation of seafloor substrate using advanced processing of multibeam bathymetry, backscatter, and sidescan sonar in Table Bay, South Africa

T Pillay, HC Cawthra, AT Lombard - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
A method to map seafloor substrates using machine learning, based on geophysical data
including multibeam bathymetry, backscatter, and side-scan sonar, is currently being …

Pleistocene vertebrate tracksites on the Cape south coast of South Africa and their potential palaeoecological implications

CW Helm, HC Cawthra, RM Cowling… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Body fossil remains usually provide the main palaeontological resource for
palaeoecological studies. Ichnology has the capacity to independently complement such …

Early Holocene transgressive palaeogeography in the Po coastal plain (northern Italy)

L Bruno, KM Bohacs, B Campo, TM Drexler… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
To understand the complex stratigraphic response of a coastal depositional system to rapid
eustatic rise and sediment inputs, the evolution of the Adriatic coastline and Po River …