# Skonieczny 2015: African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara

> Charlotte Skonieczny, Philippe Paillou, Aloys Bory et al., 2015. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the large buried river network that…

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# African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara

Charlotte Skonieczny, Philippe Paillou, Aloys Bory et al., 2015. _Nature Communications_ 6: 8751.

Orbital radar imagery reveals a large buried palaeodrainage network on the Mauritanian coast, which the authors propose was reactivated in past humid periods and carried sediment to the tropical Atlantic margin.

**Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1038/ncomms9751](https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9751)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the large buried river network that radar reveals on the Mauritanian coast, active in past humid periods, which proponents read as Plato's rivers.

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## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Large rivers ran across western Mauritania in humid periods, as Plato's streams came down to the plain](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCKT1B417EK/large-rivers-ran-across-western-mauritania-in-humid-periods)

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

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## Cite it

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Skonieczny, C., Paillou, P., Bory, A., Bayon, G., Biscara, L., Crosta, X., Eynaud, F., Malaizé, B., Revel, M., Aleman, N., Barusseau, J. P., Vernet, R., Lopez, S., & Grousset, F. (2015). African humid periods triggered the reactivation of a large river system in Western Sahara. Nature Communications, 6, 8751. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9751
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