Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara
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Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara

Palaeoecology of Africa Vol. 29, An International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments

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Holocene Palaeoenvironmental History of the Central Sahara

Palaeoecology of Africa Vol. 29, An International Yearbook of Landscape Evolution and Palaeoenvironments

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The environmental setting within the Central Sahara was subject to considerable changes during Late Quaternary, mainly driven by major global climate variations, although human impact increased constantly since Early Holocene.Such global events can be reconstructed with the help of reliefs, sediments and palaeosoils and their specific morphological

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780415482561
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780203874899
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Ecology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. In Memoriam
  5. Preface and Introduction
  6. Contributors
  7. CHAPTER 1. Geomorphological and palaeoenvironmental research in the South-Central Sahara in review
  8. CHAPTER 2. Comparison of proxy-based palaeoenvironmental reconstructions and hindcast modelled annual precipitation-a review of Holocene palaeoenvironmental research in the Central Sahara
  9. CHAPTER 3. Holocene palaeoenvironmental changes in Central Sahara inferred from Seggedim scarp foot depression (NE-Niger)
  10. CHAPTER 4. The desert in the Sahara. Transitions and boundaries
  11. CHAPTER 5. Palaeo-climatic evidence of soil development oh Sahelian ancient dunes of different age in Niger, Chad and Mauritania
  12. CHAPTER 6. Are there valuable pedological palaeoenvironmental indicators in Northern Chad?
  13. CHAPTER 7. New discovery of rock fulgurites in the Central Sahara
  14. CHAPTER 8. Fluvial geomorphology and palaeohydrology of a small tributary of the Plateau de Mangueni, NE Niger
  15. CHAPTER 9. Palaeoecology of the Giant Catfish (Arius gigas, Ariidae) in Holocene Saharan and tropical West African waters
  16. CHAPTER 10. Neolithic Domestication and Pastoralism in Central Sahara: The cattle Necropolis of Mankhor (Tadrart Algerienne)
  17. CHAPTER 11. The microstratigraphy and micromorphology of a Holocene palaeolake in Southern Tunisia
  18. CHAPTER 12. Different dimensions of recent vegetation dynamics of North and West Africa
  19. CHAPTER 13. Landmines, drugs and justice. The recent history of two Saharan mountains (Adrar des Iforas/Mali and Air Mts./Niger)
  20. CHAPTER 14. The Sahelian and Saharan dune systems of Niger. A comparison of their granulometric characteristics
  21. Regional/Location Index
  22. Subject Index
  23. Back cover

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