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Geography, vegetation, and geology of the study site.
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posted on 2014-11-18, 05:06 authored by Sarah J. Ivory, Michael M. McGlue, Geoffrey S. Ellis, Anne-Marie Lézine, Andrew S. Cohen, Annie Vincens(A) showing the July and January positions of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ); rectangle represents inset area for watershed maps (modified from Nicholson, 1996). (B) map of the northern basin of Lake Malawi showing topography and bathymetry (isobaths [in meters] modified from Scholz et al., 1989), (C) modern potential vegetation distribution (modified from White, 1983), and (D) bedrock geology (modified from Schlüter, 2006). Scale for panels C and D is the same as for panel B. 2A identifies the location of drill core MAL05-2A.