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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-05-01
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Series: | Climate of the Past |
Online Access: | http://www.clim-past.net/9/1181/2013/cp-9-1181-2013.pdf |