Drought and dust deposition in the West African Sahel: A 5500-year record from Kajemarum Oasis, northeastern Nigeria

RA Perrott, FA Street-Perrott, JA Holmes, MP Waller, MJ Allen, NGH Barber, PA Fothergill, DD Harkness, M Ivanovich, D Kroon

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)293-302
JournalThe Holocene
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • lake sediments
  • aeolian dust
  • ostracods
  • palaeolimnology
  • sahel
  • west africa
  • holocene
  • holocene vegetation history
  • northern nigeria
  • ne-nigeria
  • manga grasslands
  • mineral aerosols
  • ostracod shells
  • late quaternary
  • atlantic-ocean
  • trade winds
  • el-nino
  • Earth systems and environmental sciences

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