Holocene climate instability during the termination of the African Humid Period

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Geophysical Research Letters

• Publication date

  2003-02-01

• Fields of study

  Geology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1029/2002GL016636
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