Atlantic Forcing of Persistent Drought in West Africa

Author

SHANAHAN, T. M^{1 2} ; OVERPECK, J. T^{1 3} ; ANCHUKAITIS, K. J⁴ ; BECK, J. W⁵ ; COLE, J. E¹ ; DETTMAN, D. L¹ ; PECK, J. A⁶ ; SCHOLZ, C. A⁷ ; KING, J. W⁸
[1] Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
[2] Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas-Austin, Austin, TX 78705, United States
[3] Institute for the Environment and Sodety and Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States
[4] Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, United States
[5] Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, United States
[6] Department of Geology, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, United States
[7] Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
[8] Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, United States

Source

Science (Washington, D.C.). 2009, Vol 324, Num 5925, pp 377-380, 4 p

CODEN

SCIEAS

ISSN

0036-8075

Scientific domain

Multidisciplinary

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC

Publication country

United States

Document type

Article

Language

English

Keyword (fr)

Analyse spectrale Corrélation Géochimie Historique Holocène sup Isotope stable Lac Mousson O 18-O 16 Origine Paléoclimat Paléotempérature Sécheresse Sédiment lacustre Température surface Variabilité Forçage Lac Bosumtwi Sévérité Température surface marine Variabilité naturelle Afrique Ouest Ghana Océan Atlantique Sahel Cénozoïque Holocène Phanérozoïque Quaternaire sup Quaternaire Afrique

Keyword (en)

spectral analysis correlation geochemistry history upper Holocene stable isotopes lakes monsoons O-18/O-16 provenance paleoclimate paleotemperature drought lake sediments surface temperature variability West Africa Ghana Atlantic Ocean Sahel Cenozoic Holocene Phanerozoic upper Quaternary Quaternary Africa

Keyword (es)

Correlación Geoquímica Histórica Holoceno sup Isótopo estable Lago Monzón O 18-O 16 Origen Paleoclima Paleotemperatura Sequedad Sedimento lacustre Africa occidental Ghana Océano Atlántico Sahel Cenozoico Holoceno Fanerozoico Cuaternario sup Cuaternario Africa

Classification

Pascal

001 Exact sciences and technology / 001E Earth, ocean, space / 001E01 Earth sciences / 001E01O Engineering and environment geology. Geothermics / 001E01O04 Pollution, environment geology

Pascal

001 Exact sciences and technology / 001E Earth, ocean, space / 001E01 Earth sciences / 001E01P Surficial geology / 001E01P02 Marine and continental quaternary

Discipline

Earth sciences

Origin

Inist-CNRS

Database

PASCAL

INIST identifier

21384413

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