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Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene

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  • Zhongshi Zhang

    (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Uni Research Climate, Allégaten 70, 5007 Bergen, Norway
    Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Gilles Ramstein

    (Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement/IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, UMR8212, Orme des Merisiers, CE Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France)

  • Mathieu Schuster

    (Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg (UMR 7516), École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre, CNRS and Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Blessig, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France)

  • Camille Li

    (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, Allégaten 70, 5007 Bergen, Norway)

  • Camille Contoux

    (Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Uni Research Climate, Allégaten 70, 5007 Bergen, Norway)

  • Qing Yan

    (Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

The drying of the Tethys Sea—the progenitor of the modern Mediterranean, Black and Caspian seas—weakened the northern extension of the African monsoon and led to the creation of the Sahara desert about 7 million years ago.

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  • Zhongshi Zhang & Gilles Ramstein & Mathieu Schuster & Camille Li & Camille Contoux & Qing Yan, 2014. "Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene," Nature, Nature, vol. 513(7518), pages 401-404, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:513:y:2014:i:7518:d:10.1038_nature13705
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13705
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