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Abrupt shifts of the Sahara-Sahel boundary during Heinrich stadials

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2013

Authors

Collins, James A.
Govin, Aline
Mulitza, Stefan
Heslop, David
Zabel, Matthias
Hartmann, J.
Rohl, U.
Wefer, Gerold

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Copernicus GmbH

Abstract

Relict dune fields that are found as far south as 14° N in the modern-day African Sahel are testament to equatorward expansions of the Sahara desert during the Late Pleistocene. However, the discontinuous nature of dune records means that abrupt millenni

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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]

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73852

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ANU Research Publications

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Climate of the Past

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Journal article

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Open Access

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10.5194/cp-9-1181-2013

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