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Forcing of wet phases in southeast Africa over the past 17,000 years

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  • Enno Schefuß

    (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, D-28359 Bremen, Germany)

  • Holger Kuhlmann

    (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, D-28359 Bremen, Germany)

  • Gesine Mollenhauer

    (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, D-28359 Bremen, Germany
    Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, D-27568 Bremerhaven, Germany)

  • Matthias Prange

    (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, D-28359 Bremen, Germany)

  • Jürgen Pätzold

    (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, D-28359 Bremen, Germany)

Abstract

A continuous record of hydrologic variability for the past 17,000 years at the mouth of the Zambezi River shows that hydrologic conditions in southeast Africa were controlled by variations in local insolation and migrations of the Intertropical Convergence Zone, rather than by Indian Ocean temperature.

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  • Enno Schefuß & Holger Kuhlmann & Gesine Mollenhauer & Matthias Prange & Jürgen Pätzold, 2011. "Forcing of wet phases in southeast Africa over the past 17,000 years," Nature, Nature, vol. 480(7378), pages 509-512, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:480:y:2011:i:7378:d:10.1038_nature10685
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10685
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    1. Fuzhi Lu & Mahyar Mohtadi & Francesco S. R. Pausata, 2024. "Dynamics of the intertropical convergence zone during the early Heinrich Stadial 1," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-4, December.
    2. Jérôme Kaiser & Enno Schefuß & James Collins & René Garreaud & Jan-Berend W. Stuut & Nicoletta Ruggieri & Ricardo Pol-Holz & Frank Lamy, 2024. "Orbital modulation of subtropical versus subantarctic moisture sources in the southeast Pacific mid-latitudes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-8, December.

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