Evidence for periods of wetter and cooler climate in the Sahel between 6 and 40 kyr BP derived from groundwater

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Beyerle, Urs ^a,b   Rueedi, Joerg ^a   Leuenberger, Markus ^a   Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^b   Peeters, Frank ^b   Kipfer, Rolf ^b,c   Dodo, Abdelkader ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Isotope Geology and Mineral Resources   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ ABDOU MOUMOUNI   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; SOIL TESTING; SOLUBILITY; WETTING; TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC GASES; ATMOSPHERIC COOLING; CLIMATE INDICATORS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; INTENSE RAINFALLS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIA; STABLE ISOTOPE DATA;

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING SYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0038504810     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL016310     Document Type: Article

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