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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
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- Sedimentology, vol. 60, 911–934
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- date assertion Progressive late-Holocene drying recorded at Lake Yoa — date assertionEvidence confidence: highinforms · dates · Varve chronology, sedimentary facies, and aeolian-input results
Provides the environmental sequence.
- date assertion Lake Yoa varved sediment record — date assertioninforms · provides environmental observation · Sedimentary facies, varve chronology, and late-Holocene aeolian-input discussion
Provides the progressive-drying proxy record.
- event Progressive late-Holocene drying recorded at Lake YoaEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides environmental observation · Varve chronology, sedimentary facies, and aeolian-input results
Provides the environmental sequence.
- entity Lake Yoa varved sediment recordEvidence confidence: very highinforms · provides environmental observation · Sedimentary facies, varve chronology, and late-Holocene aeolian-input discussion
Provides the progressive-drying proxy record.
- relationship Lake Yoa varved sediment record — contextualizes — Handessi Horizon adaptation to increasing aridityEvidence confidence: lowinforms · provides environmental observation · Late-Holocene varve and aeolian sequence
Provides regional environmental context.
- relationship Research record — associated withEvidence confidence: highinforms · provides environmental observation · Varve chronology, sedimentary facies, and aeolian-input results
Provides the environmental sequence.
- claim Late-Holocene drying was progressive and regionally variable rather than one simultaneous North African drought event.Evidence confidence: highsupports · supports · Varve chronology and aeolian-input results
Provides a progressive central Saharan sequence.