Increased aridity in southwestern Africa during the warmest periods of the last interglacial

Climate of the Past

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1417-1431

  Urrego, D H ^a,b   Sanchez Goni M F ^a   Daniau, A L ^a   Lechevrel, S ^a   Hanquiez, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE CAP; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAST INTERGLACIAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SAVANNA;

AFRICA; KAROO; NAMA KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84946737923     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-11-1417-2015     Document Type: Article

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