| Survey/Project Number: | 1187 Total No. of Sites: 0 |
| Survey/Project Name: | Id & env. reconstruction of some Naracoorte caves using palaeobotanical remains |
| Abstract: | Plant material is to be examined and analysed to provide insight into details of the history of the Naracoorte Caves area. These details include what species of plant were living in the area in the past, what type of climate and environment supported these plants, the fire history of the region and what plant species survived these fire regimes and the diets of animals living in the area. This information is to be used to create an image of the paleo-ecology of the Naracoorte Caves region as it builds on work already done on animal fossils from the region. |
| Start Date: | 01/07/2016 End Date: 01/01/2020 |
| Survey Type: | Vegetation Only |
| Study Area Description: | Robertson Cave in Naracoorte National Park |
| Objectives | |||
| Vegetation: | Refer to Abstract. | ||
| Fauna: | *** No fauna survey objectives recorded | ||
| Methodology | |||
| Vegetation: | We wish to assess plant and scat material from unsorted bags of wet screened material from grid square 2 from Robertson Cave, that were set aside for plant research by Dr Reed. One bag from each of the 12 excavation layers will suffice (ie. 12 bags of material). Plant and scat material will be sorted and sampled from these bags. Bone material and other associated materials will be retained and returned to the Naracoorte Caves NP laboratory. Plant specimens will be identified to taxon where possible using standard morphological anlalyses aided by microscopy. Specimens will be imaged in detail. A small number of plant specimens will be sampled for isostopic analyses (<100 grams). This is a destructive process, but will only require a very small sample. Similarly small amounts of material may be used for radiocarbon dating. Fossilised material as described above will be retrieved from the Naracoorte Caves lab and taken to University of Adelaide, School of Biological Sciences for sorting and analysis. | ||
| Fauna: | *** No vertebrate methodology recorded | ||
| Data Distribution Rules: | Sensitive Dataset: Written permission required from Information Authority |
| Project Basis: |
Vegetation
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Fossil excavation
Vegetation : Baseline Survey of flora and/or fauna - Standard Biol Survey of SA survey methodology not used. |
| Information Authority: | University of Adelaide |