Eolian sand in peridesert northwestern Libya and implications for Late Pleistocene and Holocene Sahara expansions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 161-173

  Giraudi, C ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eolian dust; Hadley cells; Holocene; Libya; Pleistocene; Sahara Desert

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HADLEY CELL; HOLOCENE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SAHARA; WORLD;

EID: 13844308339     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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