Field Evidence for Intrusive Speleothem Formation in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

Tebogo V. Makhubela; Lee R. Berger; Tariye Onyeogu; Lambert van Rooyen; John Hawks

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-21414

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Field Evidence for Intrusive Speleothem Formation in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

Tebogo V. Makhubela^1,2, Lee R. Berger^2,3, Tariye Onyeogu^1,2, Lambert van Rooyen^2,4, and John Hawks^2,5

Tebogo V. Makhubela et al.

¹University of Johannesburg, Geology, Johannesburg, South Africa (tvmakhubela@uj.ac.za)
²Centre for the Exploration of the Deep Human Journey, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
³The National Geographic Society, United States
⁴School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
⁵Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

How to cite: Makhubela, T. V., Berger, L. R., Onyeogu, T., van Rooyen, L., and Hawks, J.: Field Evidence for Intrusive Speleothem Formation in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-21414, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-21414, 2026.

This abstract has been withdrawn after no-show on 11 Aug 2026.