mobileMenu


Buffalo Cave Flowstone - Annual Laminae

Dataset title Buffalo Cave Flowstone - Annual Laminae
Dataset creators Philip Hopley, Birkbeck, University of London
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

Annual lamina thickness (microns), lamina count, and age model (Ma, years) for the Early Pleistocene (Lines 1 and 2) and early Holocene speleothems from Buffalo Cave, South Africa. The samples, methods and results are described in full in: Hopley, P. J. et al. (2018) Orbital precession modulates interannual rainfall variability, as recorded in an Early Pleistocene speleothem. Geology. DOI:10.1130/G45019.1

Dataset content dates 01/SEP/11 – 01/SEP/14
Dataset spatial coverage Makapansgat Valley, NE South Africa.
Dataset supply format Text file
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date 28th June 2018
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/59750e40-ac38-4321-ad74-f001a03ebd16
Dataset citation text Philip Hopley, Birkbeck, University of London (2018): Buffalo Cave Flowstone - Annual Laminae. British Geological Survey. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/59750e40-ac38-4321-ad74-f001a03ebd16
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
Access the dataset http://www.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item111329
Further information https://doi.org/10.1130/G45019.1