Asynchronous changes in vegetation, runoff and erosion in the nile river watershed during the holocene.

The termination of the African Humid Period in northeastern Africa during the early Holocene was marked by the southward migration of the rain belt and the disappearance of the Green Sahara. This interval of drastic environmental changes was also marked by the initiation of food production by North...

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Main Authors: Cécile L Blanchet, Martin Frank, Stefan Schouten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4281134?pdf=render