Stepwise Holocene aridification in NE Africa deduced from dust-borne radiogenic isotope records

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 27-37

  Jung, S J A ^a   Davies, G R ^a   Ganssen, G M ^a   Kroon, D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African Humid Period; Arabian Sea; Holocene; Stepwise aridification

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 2342426894     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00095-0     Document Type: Article

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