Holocene African droughts relate to eastern equatorial Atlantic cooling

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 981-984

  Weldeab, Syee ^a,c   Schneider, Ralph R ^b   Kölling, Martin ^a   Wefer, Gerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Aridity; Eastern equatorial Atlantic; Lake levels; Mg Ca; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC; LAKE LEVELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL;

DROUGHT;

ARIDITY; COOLING; DROUGHT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 29144533877     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21874.1     Document Type: Article

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