West African monsoon dynamics inferred from abrupt fluctuations of Lake Mega-Chad

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 8543-8548

  Armitage, Simon J ^a   Bristow, Charlie S ^b   Drake, Nick A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African humid period; African monsoon; Dust; Lake chad

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHAD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DUST; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; LAKE; NUTRIENT; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASHORE; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEDIMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; WEST AFRICAN; AFRICA;

RAIN;

AFRICA, WESTERN; LAKES; RAIN;

EID: 84937597479     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417655112     Document Type: Article

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