Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6446754 Quaternary Science Reviews 2012 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Glacial-interglacial changes of rainfall in Sahara controlled by NAO-like shifts of climate conditions. ► Much drier Sahara during the MPT. ► Precipitation in the Nile sources is mainly monsoonal. ► The “Mediterranean-type” rainfall in northern Egypt also controlled by NAO-like shifts.
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Reconstructing precipitation changes in northeastern Africa during the Quaternary by clay mineralogical and geochemical investigations of Nile deep-sea fan sediments
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