A late holocène (c. 4500-2300 BP) climatic chronology for the southwestern Sahara in Palaeoecology of Africa and the surrounding islands-Vol 13.

Auteurs :
MUNSON, P. J.
COETZEE, J. A.
VAN ZINDEREN BAKKER, E. M. Sr

Description :
Faunal and floral remains, changing lake levels, and a series of 15 radiocarbon dates from south-central Mauritania document climatic changes in the period c. 4500 to 2300 BP and provide the basis for estimation of mean annual precipitation greater than 300 % of present before 4500 BP, decrease to less than 200 % in the period 4500-3500 BP, increase to greater than 200 % at 3500 BP, and then a gradual decrease to c. 175 % by 2900 BP and to c. 150 % by 2300 BP.


Type de document :
Monographie

Source :
, p. 53-60, Références bibliographiques : 21 réf.

Date :
1981

Identifiants :
isbn : 90-6191-203-2

Editeur :
Pays édition : Pays-Bas, Rotterdam, A. A. Balkema