# Kröpelin 2008: Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

> S. Kröpelin, D. Verschuren, A.-M. Lézine et al., 2008. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Cited for the gradual, not abrupt, drying of the…

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# Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years

S. Kröpelin, D. Verschuren, A.-M. Lézine et al., 2008. _Science_ 320(5877): 765-768.

A 6000-year lake record from northern Chad. The eastern Sahara dried progressively rather than abruptly: dust deposition began about 4300 calendar years ago and the modern desert was in place by about 2700 years ago.

**Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary source** Articledoi: **[10.1126/science.1154913](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154913)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Cited for the gradual, not abrupt, drying of the eastern Sahara recorded at Lake Yoa in Chad over the past 6000 years.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[In the eastern Sahara the drying was gradual: dust from about 4300 years ago, desert by about 2700](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPAG9FVWCG/in-the-eastern-sahara-the-drying-was-gradual-dust-from-about)

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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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Kröpelin, S., Verschuren, D., Lézine, A. M., Eggermont, H., Cocquyt, C., Francus, P., Cazet, J. P., Fagot, M., Rumes, B., Russell, J. M., Darius, F., Conley, D. J., Schuster, M., von Suchodoletz, H., & Engstrom, D. R. (2008). Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years. Science, 320(5877), 765-768. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154913
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1154913)

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