Climatic change in the African deserts between 130,000 and 10,000 y BP Évolution climatique des déserts africains entre 130 000 et 10 000 ans BP

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 323, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 549-561

  Rognon, Pierre ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Deserts; Palaeoclimatology; Upper pleistocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; GLACIAL CLIMATE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALAEOCLIMATE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN); AFRICA, SAHARA;

EID: 0030389691     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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