这组科学家通过监测湖底沉积物植物叶腊中的脂肪酸从而测量了过去的降雨量。所得结果和来自马拉维湖的其他研究进行了比较,而且符合对中国洞穴的土壤分析结果。
Results were compared with other research from Lake Malawi and match results from soil analysis of caves in China .