A 900-Year Isotopic Proxy Rainfall Record from Northeastern Botswana

Patrut, Roxana T.; Patrut, Adrian; Hall, Grant; Winterbach, Christiaan W.; Robertson, Iain; Ratiu, Ileana Andreea; Bocos-Bintintan, Victor; Rakosy, Laszlo; Woodborne, Stephan

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A 900-Year Isotopic Proxy Rainfall Record from Northeastern Botswana

Roxana T. Patrut, Adrian Patrut

, Grant Hall

, Christiaan W. Winterbach, Iain Robertson

, Ileana Andreea Ratiu

, Victor Bocos-Bintintan

, Laszlo Rakosy

, Stephan Woodborne

Forests, Volume: 14, Issue: 9, Start page: 1917

Swansea University Author: Iain Robertson

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A high-resolution climate archive was reconstructed based on carbon isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating of the Chapman baobab in northeastern Botswana. The Chapman baobab, which exhibited an open ring-shaped structure composed of six stems, collapsed in January 2016 during an intense El Niño eve...

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A 900-Year Isotopic Proxy Rainfall Record from Northeastern Botswana

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