Late Cenozoic Moisture History of East Africa
Late Cenozoic Moisture History of East Africa
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Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Lake sediments in 10 Ethiopian, Kenyan, and Tanzanian rift basins suggest that there were three humid periods at 2.7 to 2.5 million years ago (Ma), 1.9 to 1.7 Ma, and 1.1 to 0.9 Ma, superimposed on the longer-term aridification of East Africa. These humid periods correlate with increased aridity in northwest and northeast Africa and with substantia...
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Late Cenozoic Moisture History of East Africa
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68614289
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68614289
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0036-8075
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.1112964
