claim · claim_sahara_drying_progressive_and_regional
Late-Holocene drying was progressive and regionally variable rather than one simultaneous North African drought event.
Late-Holocene drying was progressive and regionally variable rather than one simultaneous North African drought event.
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Varved sediments of Lake Yoa (Ounianga Kebir, Chad) reveal progressive drying of the Sahara during the last 6100 years — Francus, Pierre, von Suchodoletz, Hans, Dietze, Michael, Donner, Reik V., Bouchard, Frédéric, Roy, André-J., Fagot, Maxime, Verschuren, Dirk, Kröpelin, Stefan (2013)Provides a progressive central Saharan sequence.
Locator: Varve chronology and aeolian-input results - supports · contextualizes
Holocene climatic change and human settlement between the central Sahara and the Nile Valley: Archaeological and geomorphological results — Bubenzer, Olaf, Riemer, Heiko (2007)Emphasizes spatial and chronological variation.
Locator: Regional settlement and climate synthesis - supports · contextualizes
New Light on the Silent Millennia: Mediterranean Africa, ca. 4000–900 BC — Lucarini, Giulio, Bokbot, Youssef, Broodbank, Cyprian (2021)Shows resilient occupation patterns beyond a simple climate-collapse model.
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