Rainfall regimes of the Green Sahara

Jessica E. Tierney, Francesco S. R. Pausata, Peter B. deMenocal, 2017. Science Advances 3(1): e1601503.

Leaf-wax records from marine cores off the western Sahara. The Green Sahara lasted from about 11,000 to 5000 years ago, with wet conditions reaching as far north as 31°N, and probably ended abruptly. A drier pause about 8000 years ago coincides with a temporary abandonment of Neolithic sites.

Eye of the Sahara and AtlantisSecondary sourceArticledoi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601503Checked against the original0

What it's used for here

Cited for the western Saharan rainfall record: the Green Sahara of 11,000 to 5000 years ago, its likely abrupt end and its pause about 8000 years ago.

Cited by on this site 3 records

Leaf waxes off the western Sahara put the Green Sahara at about 11,000 to 5000 years ago, with a likely abrupt end

Evidence

EVD

One leaf-wax record starts the Green Sahara about 11,000 years ago, after Plato's date

Evidence

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The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis

The mystery article

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Cite it

Tierney, J. E., Pausata, F. S. R., & deMenocal, P. B. (2017). Rainfall regimes of the Green Sahara. Science Advances, 3(1), e1601503. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601503

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Tierney, Jessica E. et al.. “Rainfall regimes of the Green Sahara.” Science Advances 3, no. 1 (2017): e1601503. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1601503.