Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.08.018 |
Rock hyrax middens: A palaeoenvironmental archive for southern African drylands | |
Chase, Brian M.1,2; Scott, Louis3; Meadows, Michael E.4; Gil-Romera, Graciela5; Boom, Arnoud6; Carr, Andrew S.6; Reimer, Paula J.7; Truc, Loic1; Valsecchi, Verushka1; Quick, Lynne J.4 | |
通讯作者 | Chase, Brian M. |
来源期刊 | QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
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ISSN | 0277-3791 |
出版年 | 2012 |
卷号 | 56页码:107-125 |
英文摘要 | Like many of the world’s subtropical regions, southern Africa is highly sensitive to changes in the earth’s climate system, but a dearth of reliable palaeoenvironmental records means that relatively little is known about how regional environments have been affected over centennial to multi-millennial timescales. To a large extent this sensitivity is a function of the position of these regions at the interface between temperate and tropical circulation systems. The resulting seasonality and irregularity of rainfall have limited the development of suitable archives, such as lakes and wetlands, for the preservation of palaeoenvironmental proxies. This paper reviews and evaluates the value of rock hyrax middens as novel palaeoenvironmental archives in southern Africa. Considered are (1) the contemporary taxonomy, distribution and ecology of hyraxes, (2) the mechanisms of hyrax midden development, their physical and chemical structure, rates of accumulation and age; and (3) the palaeoenvironmental proxies preserved within hyrax middens, including fossil pollen, stable isotopes and biomarkers. The interpretive constraints and opportunities offered by these various midden characteristics are assessed with a view to demonstrating the potential of these deposits, widespread as they are through arid and semi-arid southern Africa, in providing a more detailed and chronologically resolved view of late Quaternary palaeoenvironments across the subcontinent. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Rock hyrax Midden Southern Africa Palaeoenvironment Pollen Stable isotopes delta C-13 delta N-13 Biomarkers |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | France ; Norway ; South Africa ; Spain ; England ; North Ireland |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000311665000008 |
WOS关键词 | WATER-USE EFFICIENCY ; CARBON-ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION ; HOLOCENE VEGETATION HISTORY ; FECAL DEPOSITS HYRACEUM ; FOSSIL RODENT MIDDENS ; ATMOSPHERIC CO2 ; ATACAMA DESERT ; BONE-COLLAGEN ; NATURAL-ABUNDANCE ; BODY-TEMPERATURE |
WOS类目 | Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Physical Geography ; Geology |
来源机构 | French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/174725 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, UMR 5554, Inst Sci Evolut Montpellier, F-34095 Montpellier 5, France; 2.Univ Bergen, Dept Archaeol Hist Culture & Relig, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; 3.Univ Free State, Dept Plant Sci, ZA-9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa; 4.Univ Cape Town, Dept Environm & Geog Sci, ZA-7701 Rondebosch, South Africa; 5.CSIC, Pyrenean Inst Ecol, Zaragoza 50159, Spain; 6.Univ Leicester, Dept Geog, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England; 7.Queens Univ Belfast, Sch Geog Archaeol & Palaeoecol, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chase, Brian M.,Scott, Louis,Meadows, Michael E.,et al. Rock hyrax middens: A palaeoenvironmental archive for southern African drylands[J]. French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development,2012,56:107-125. |
APA | Chase, Brian M..,Scott, Louis.,Meadows, Michael E..,Gil-Romera, Graciela.,Boom, Arnoud.,...&Quick, Lynne J..(2012).Rock hyrax middens: A palaeoenvironmental archive for southern African drylands.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,56,107-125. |
MLA | Chase, Brian M.,et al."Rock hyrax middens: A palaeoenvironmental archive for southern African drylands".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 56(2012):107-125. |
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