Holocene environmental change at Groenvlei, Knysna, South Africa : evidence from diatoms

Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-102). === This study demonstrates that diatom analysis of lake sediment can provide very detailed information on long and short term climate change, hampered only by inconsistent sediment accumulation at Groenvlei. Further work ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kirsten, Kelly
Other Authors: Meadows, Michael E
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4772
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Summary:Includes abstract. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-102). === This study demonstrates that diatom analysis of lake sediment can provide very detailed information on long and short term climate change, hampered only by inconsistent sediment accumulation at Groenvlei. Further work may provide insight to periods which were not covered in this study.