| 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 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 |
