Palaeosols in Saharan and Sahelian dunes of Chad: Archives of Holocene North African climate changes

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 453-458

  Mauz, B ^a   Felix Henningsen, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst Bodenkunde Bodenerhaltung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chad; Holocene; Humid climate periods; North Africa; Optical dating; Palaeosols; Sahara; Sahel

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUNE; HOLOCENE; PALEOSOL;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SAHARA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18844437050     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl811rr     Document Type: Article

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