Varved sediments of Lake Yoa (Ounianga Kebir, Chad) reveal progressive drying of the Sahara during the last 6100 years

Sedimentology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 911-934

  Francus, Pierre ^a,b   von Suchodoletz, Hans ^c,d   Dietze, Michael ^d   Donner, Reik V ^e   Bouchard, Frédéric ^a   Roy, Ann Julie ^f   Fagot, Maureen ^g   Verschuren, Dirk ^g   Kröpelin, Stefan ^h  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b GEOTOP Research Center   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f Centre d'étude nordique   (Canada)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeolian input; Brine evolution; Grain size; Magnetic susceptibility; Palaeoredox; X ray fluorescence core scanning

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN INPUT; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; GEOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; GRAIN SIZE; MICRO X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; PALAEOREDOX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARID REGIONS; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; LAMINATING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SCANNING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LAKES;

ARID REGION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; REDOX CONDITIONS; VARVE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CHAD; LAKE YOA;

EID: 84878114715     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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