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
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Bibliography
Kröpelin, S. (2009): Lakes in the Sahara. In: german research - Magazine of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2-2009: 4-9
| Authors | Stefan Kröpelin |
|---|---|
| Type | article |
| Title | Lakes in the Sahara |
| 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 |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 4-9 |