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Timing and causes of North African wet phases during the last glacial period and implications for modern human migration

We present the first speleothem-derived central North Africa rainfall record for the last glacial period. The record reveals three main wet periods at 65-61 ka, 52.5-50.5 ka and 37.5-33 ka that lead obliquity maxima and precession minima. We find additional minor wet episodes that are synchronous wi...

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Autores principales: Hoffmann, Dirk L., Rogerson, Mike, Spötl, Christoph, Luetscher, Marc, Vance, Derek, Osborne, Anne H., Fello, Nuri M., Moseley, Gina E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27808237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36367