Eolian sediment responses to late Quaternary climate changes: Temporal and spatial patterns in the Sahara

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 119-155

  Swezey, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eolian; Holocene; Quaternary; Sahara; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; EOLIAN PROCESS; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035282623     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00235-2     Document Type: Article

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