Abrupt shifts of the Sahara-Sahel boundary during Heinrich stadials

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1181-1191

  Collins, J A ^a,d   Govin, A ^a   Mulitza, S ^a   Heslop, D ^b   Zabel, M ^a   Hartmann, J ^c   Rohl U ^a   Wefer, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DUNE; DUST; HEINRICH EVENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT CORE; TIMESCALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84883639624     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1181-2013     Document Type: Article

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