Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118336311.ch4
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“…Along the Southeast African coast, conditions are dominantly warm and moist, due to the influence of the warm Indian Ocean and Agulhas Western Boundary Current. Moisture is advected from the tropical Indian Ocean mainly during summer months when precipitation often exceeds 100 mm per month (Nash & Meadows, 2012) in northeastern South Africa (Tyson & Preston-Whyte, 2000;Tyson, 1986;Figure 2b). A climatic gradient is observed from the tropics into the Mediterranean climate type at the southernmost tip of South Africa, which is dominated by southwesterly winds bringing winter rains (Nicholson, 2000;Tyson & Preston-Whyte, 2000).…”
Section: Climate and Vegetationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Along the Southeast African coast, conditions are dominantly warm and moist, due to the influence of the warm Indian Ocean and Agulhas Western Boundary Current. Moisture is advected from the tropical Indian Ocean mainly during summer months when precipitation often exceeds 100 mm per month (Nash & Meadows, 2012) in northeastern South Africa (Tyson & Preston-Whyte, 2000;Tyson, 1986;Figure 2b). A climatic gradient is observed from the tropics into the Mediterranean climate type at the southernmost tip of South Africa, which is dominated by southwesterly winds bringing winter rains (Nicholson, 2000;Tyson & Preston-Whyte, 2000).…”
Section: Climate and Vegetationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Younger Dryas was drier at most sites, giving way in the early Holocene to the African Humid Period (AHP), which was moister throughout. A drier period around 4.2–4.0 cal ka BP has been observed in some locations, but with much regional variation (Barker et al, 2004; Nash and Meadows, 2012; references given previously).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Although most studies focus on wetter/drier cycles, a recent study found a strong, if not dominant, role of temperature in moisture availability (Chevalier and Chase, 2016), indicating a more complicated relationship than previously understood. The last glacial maximum (LGM) was cooler (2.5°C–3°C) and at least as arid as today (Barker et al, 2004; Nash and Meadows, 2012). This combination resulted in low stands for many lakes, including Lake Tanganyika (Haberyan and Hecky, 1987; Scholz et al, 2003; Tierney et al, 2010; Burnett et al, 2011), Lake Rukwa (Vincens et al, 2005), and many others (Gasse et al, 2008; Tierney et al, 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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