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Palaeoclimates of Central Sahara during the early Holocene

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In the Central Sahara lying approximately between 27° N and 18° N, rains were primarily due to tropical depressions in the early Holocene up to about 6500 BP. Then the monsoon rains of Sahelian type dominated up to about 4400 BP.

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Maley, J. Palaeoclimates of Central Sahara during the early Holocene. Nature 269, 573–577 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269573a0

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