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 |
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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 |