Title: West African Monsoon dynamics inferred from abrupt fluctuations of Lake Mega-Chad. Short title: Lake Mega-Chad fluctuation since the Last Glacial Maximum
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Simon J. Armitage, Charlie S. Bristow, and Nick A. Drake Centre for Quaternary Research, Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom. Department of Geography, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom.
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West African monsoon dynamics inferred from abrupt fluctuations of Lake Mega-Chad.
From the deglacial period to the mid-Holocene, North Africa was characterized by much wetter conditions than today. The broad timing of this period, termed the African Humid Period, is well known. However, the rapidity of the onset and termination of the African Humid Period are contested, with strong evidence for both abrupt and gradual change. We use optically stimulated luminescence dating o...
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تاریخ انتشار 2015