Cave sedimentation processes in the Homo naledi-bearing Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa
Wiersma, Jelle Pouwel (2021) Cave sedimentation processes in the Homo naledi-bearing Rising Star Cave, Cradle of Humankind, South Africa. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Jelle Wiersma studied the sedimentary process occurring in the Homo naledi-bearing Rising Star Cave in South Africa. He found that the cave sediments entered the cave between 600-150 ka and that they are locally sourced from the nearby, but migrating, Upper Bloubank Spruit river. Sometime between 335-241 ka, the Homo naledi fossils entered the cave.
Item ID: | 71239 |
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Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
Keywords: | cave sedimentology, Homo naledi, mud clast breccia, Rising Star Cave, sedimentary autobrecciation, clastic sediments, South Africa |
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Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2021 Jelle Pouwel Wiersma. |
Additional Information: | One publication arising from this thesis is stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publication is: Chapter 5: Wiersma, Jelle P., Roberts, Eric M., and Dirks, Paul H. G. M. (2020) Formation of mud clast breccias and the process of sedimentary autobrecciation in the hominin-bearing (Homo naledi) Rising Star Cave system, South Africa. Sedimentology, 67 (2). pp. 897-919. |
Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2022 23:08 |
FoR Codes: | 37 EARTH SCIENCES > 3705 Geology > 370509 Sedimentology @ 100% |
SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280107 Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences @ 100% |
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