The climate-environment-society nexus in the Sahara from prehistoric times to the present day

Journal of North African Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 253-292

  Brooks, Nick ^a   Chiapello, Isabelle ^b   di Lernia, Savino ^c,d   Drake, Nick ^e   Legrand, Michel ^b   Moulin, Cyril ^f   Prospero, Joseph ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Italian Libyan Archaeological Mission in the Acacus and Messak (Libyan Sahara)   (Italy)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 31044435906     PISSN: 13629387     EISSN: 17439345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629380500336680     Document Type: Review

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