Timing and causes of North African wet phases during the last glacial period and implications for modern human migration
(2016)
Journal Article
Hoffmann, D. L., Rogerson, M., Spötl, C., Luetscher, M., Vance, D., Osborne, A. H., …Moseley, G. E. (2016). Timing and causes of North African wet phases during the last glacial period and implications for modern human migration. Scientific reports, 6(1), Article ARTN 36367. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36367
We present the first speleothem-derived central North Africa rainfall record for the last glacial period. The record reveals three main wet periods at 65-61 ka, 52.5-50.5 ka and 37.5-33 ka that lead obliquity maxima and precession minima. We find add... Read More about Timing and causes of North African wet phases during the last glacial period and implications for modern human migration.