# Giresse 2012: Étude paléoenvironnementale des sédiments quaternaires du Guelb er Richât (Adrar de Mauritanie) en regard des sites voisins ou associés du Paléolithique inférieur. Discussion et perspectives

> Pierre Giresse, Ousmane Sao, Henry de Lumley, 2012. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the eleven radiocarbon dates on the outer-ring…

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMBG8X0S7/etude-paleoenvironnementale-des-sediments-quaternaires-du  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)Giresse 2012

**0**

# Étude paléoenvironnementale des sédiments quaternaires du Guelb er Richât (Adrar de Mauritanie) en regard des sites voisins ou associés du Paléolithique inférieur. Discussion et perspectives

Pierre Giresse, Ousmane Sao, Henry de Lumley, 2012. _L'Anthropologie_ 116(1): 12-38.

Sedimentology, eleven AMS radiocarbon dates on shells and calcite cements (about 15,000 to 7,730 BP) and palaeomagnetism of the torrential alluvium in the Richat's outer ring; reads the large tools as made locally, concentrated by wind deflation and preserved by calcite cement.

**Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1016/j.anthro.2011.12.001](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2011.12.001)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the eleven radiocarbon dates on the outer-ring alluvium (about 15,000 to 7,730 BP), the palaeomagnetic limit, and the reading of the tools as local and concentrated by wind.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Plato's date falls inside the African Humid Period, and streams were laying down gravels in the Richat across that span](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPAXJJMHT3/platos-date-falls-inside-the-african-humid-period-and)

Evidence

EVD

[The dated deposits formed in the African Humid Period from streams and wind, dated on shells and calcite](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV7EAR5F8/the-dated-deposits-formed-in-the-african-humid-period-from)

Evidence

EVD

[The large tools were made on the spot and concentrated by wind erosion](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKVT7V51P5/the-large-tools-were-made-on-the-spot-and-concentrated-by)

Evidence

EVD

[The outer-ring sediments of 15,000 to 7,730 BP are stream and wind deposits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKV6A6X7FG/the-outer-ring-sediments-of-15-000-to-7-730-bp-are-stream)

Evidence

EVD

[Giresse, Sao and de Lumley publish radiocarbon dates on the outer-ring alluvium](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/events/EVT0DCKR56PA8Z8/giresse-sao-and-de-lumley-publish-radiocarbon-dates-on-the)

EVT

[Théodore Monod](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/people/FIG0DCKQD1PC50S/theodore-monod)

FIG

[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Giresse, P., Sao, O., & de Lumley, H. (2012). Étude paléoenvironnementale des sédiments quaternaires du Guelb er Richât (Adrar de Mauritanie) en regard des sites voisins ou associés du Paléolithique inférieur. Discussion et perspectives. L'Anthropologie, 116(1), 12-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2011.12.001
```

[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anthro.2011.12.001)

Key

**SRC** 0DCKMBG8X0S7

Kind

Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

Kept

28 Oct 2026, for editors

Checked

Against the published article

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS.

[CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DCKMBG8X0S7/etude-paleoenvironnementale-des-sediments-quaternaires-du/csl.json)