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Small diatom lakes stood on a wadi floodplain in the south-east Adrar between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years ago

At Tamga, at the south-eastern end of the Adrar of Mauritania, diatom-bearing lake deposits dated between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years BP record small lakes on a wadi floodplain, wettest around 9000 to 8000 radiocarbon years BP and drier afterwards.

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What it bears on 1 answer

Wet but not a ringed lake: streams and small lakes in the African Humid Period, about 14,800 to 5,500 years ago

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Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Small diatom lakes stood on a wadi floodplain in the south-east Adrar between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years ago [Evidence EVD0DCPAEXNC1T8]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAEXNC1T8

@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0dcpaexnc1t8,
  title     = {Small diatom lakes stood on a wadi floodplain in the south-east Adrar between 9630 and 7550 radiocarbon years ago},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DCPAEXNC1T8},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPAEXNC1T8}
}