Abrupt shifts of the Sahara–Sahel boundary during Heinrich stadials

Relict dune fields that are found as far south as 14° N in the modern-day African Sahel are testament to equatorward expansions of the Sahara desert during the Late Pleistocene. However, the discontinuous nature of dune records means that abrupt millennial-timescale climate events are not always res...

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Main Authors: J. A. Collins, A. Govin, S. Mulitza, D. Heslop, M. Zabel, J. Hartmann, U. Röhl, G. Wefer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-05-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/9/1181/2013/cp-9-1181-2013.pdf