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The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period
Timothy M. Shanahan, Nicholas P. McKay, Konrad A. Hughen et al., 2015. Nature Geoscience 8(2): 140-144.
A 20,000-year rainfall record from leaf waxes in Lake Bosumtwi, Ghana, set beside a synthesis of hydrological records from across Africa. The African Humid Period lasted from about 14,800 to 5,500 years ago; its end was "locally abrupt, but occurred progressively later at lower latitudes".
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Cited for the finding that the African Humid Period ended abruptly at any one place but later at lower latitudes.
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Shanahan, T. M., McKay, N. P., Hughen, K. A., Overpeck, J. T., Otto-Bliesner, B., Heil, C. W., King, J., Scholz, C. A., & Peck, J. (2015). The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period. Nature Geoscience, 8(2), 140-144. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2329
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title = {The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period},
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Shanahan, Timothy M. et al.. “The time-transgressive termination of the African Humid Period.” Nature Geoscience 8, no. 2 (2015): 140-144. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2329.