Sahel megadrought during Heinrich Stadial 1: Evidence for a three-phase evolution of the low- and mid-level West African wind system

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-76

  Bouimetarhan, Ilham ^a   Prange, Matthias ^a   Schefuß, Enno ^a   Dupont, Lydie ^a   Lippold, Jörg ^b   Mulitza, Stefan ^a   Zonneveld, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

African Easterly Jet; Drought; Heinrich Stadial 1; Mid HS1 interlude; NE trade winds; Pollen; Sahel

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; HEINRICH STADIAL 1; MID-HS1 INTERLUDE; POLLEN; SAHEL; TRADE WINDS;

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; WIND;

COMMERCE;

ARIDITY; DROUGHT; HEINRICH EVENT; INTERSTADIAL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LAST DEGLACIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; OVERTURN; PALEOATMOSPHERE; POLLEN; TRADE WIND; WIND DIRECTION;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84868640047     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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