Simulated range of mid-Holocene precipitation changes from extended lakes and wetlands over North Africa

<p>Enhanced summer insolation over North Africa induced a monsoon precipitation increase during the mid-Holocene, about 6000 years ago, and led to a widespread expansion of lakes and wetlands in the present-day Sahara. This expansion of lakes and wetlands is documented in paleoenvironmental se...

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Main Authors: N. F. Specht, M. Claussen, T. Kleinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2022-05-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/18/1035/2022/cp-18-1035-2022.pdf