Role of the biosphere in the mid-Holocene climate of West Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Irizarry Ortiz, Michelle M ^a   Wang, Guiling ^b   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Insolation; Monsoon; Vegetation dynamics; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0346639272     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd000989     Document Type: Article

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