Lakes in the Sahara
Abstract
Large bodies of water in the middle of the desert are not only a natural spectacle, they also contain extremely precise environmental archives. Sediments extracted from these lakes document climate evolution and provide information on dust storms, savannah fires and volcanic eruptions.
A journey to north-east Chad
By Stefan Kröpelin
Bibliography
Kröpelin, S. (2009): Lakes in the Sahara. In: german research - Magazine of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2-2009: 4-9
| author | Stefan Kröpelin |
|---|---|
| citation | Kröpelin, S. (2009): Lakes in the Sahara. In: german research - Magazine of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2-2009: 4-9 |
| doi | 10.1002/germ.200990033 |
| journal | german research - Magazine of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
| key | 2009 |
| pages | 4-9 |
| type | article |
| volume | 2 |
| year | 2009 |