shorelines of the Holocene Megalake Chad (Africa, Sahara) investigated with very high resolution satellite imagery (Pléiades) : example of the Goz Kerki paleo-spit

shorelines of the Holocene Megalake Chad (Africa, Sahara) investigated with very high resolution satellite imagery (Pléiades) : example of the Goz Kerki paleo-spit

Megalake Chad (350,000 km2), the largest paleo-lake of the Sahara-Sahel area, is one of the most emblematic marker of the hydroclimatic changes that occurred during the African Humid Period (AHP; ca. 11,500 — 5,000 years BP) in subtropical Africa. From field surveys, the existence of Megalake Chad i...

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Main Authors: Mathieu Schuster, Claude Roquin, Abderamane Moussa, Jean-François Ghienne, Philippe Duringer, Frédéric Bouchette, Arnaud Durand, Bernard Allenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection 2014-09-01
Series:Revue Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection
Subjects:
african humid period
beach ridges
paleo-lake
littoral
Online Access:https://rfpt.sfpt.fr/index.php/RFPT/article/view/114

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