[HTML][HTML] The size distribution of desert dust aerosols and its impact on the Earth system

N Mahowald, S Albani, JF Kok, S Engelstaeder… - Aeolian Research, 2014 - Elsevier
The global cycle of desert dust aerosols responds strongly to climate and human
perturbations, and, in turn, impacts climate and biogeochemistry. Here we focus on desert …

The geologic records of dust in the Quaternary

DR Muhs - Aeolian Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Study of geologic records of dust composition, sources and deposition rates is important for
understanding the role of dust in the overall planetary radiation balance, fertilization of …

Reversed Holocene temperature–moisture relationship in the Horn of Africa

AJ Baxter, D Verschuren, F Peterse, DG Miralles… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to severely impact the global hydrological cycle,
particularly in tropical regions where agriculture-based economies depend on monsoon …

Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation

PU Clark, JD Shakun, PA Baker… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Deciphering the evolution of global climate from the end of the Last Glacial Maximum
approximately 19 ka to the early Holocene 11 ka presents an outstanding opportunity for …

Ancient watercourses and biogeography of the Sahara explain the peopling of the desert

NA Drake, RM Blench, SJ Armitage… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Evidence increasingly suggests that sub-Saharan Africa is at the center of human evolution
and understanding routes of dispersal “out of Africa” is thus becoming increasingly …

Dynamics of green Sahara periods and their role in hominin evolution

JC Larrasoaña, AP Roberts, EJ Rohling - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Astronomically forced insolation changes have driven monsoon dynamics and recurrent
humid episodes in North Africa, resulting in green Sahara Periods (GSPs) with savannah …

Regional and global benthic δ18O stacks for the last glacial cycle

LE Lisiecki, JV Stern - Paleoceanography, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although detailed age models exist for some marine sediment records of the last glacial
cycle (0–150 ka), age models for many cores rely on the stratigraphic correlation of benthic …

Prediction of geochemical composition from XRF core scanner data: a new multivariate approach including automatic selection of calibration samples and …

GJ Weltje, MR Bloemsma, R Tjallingii, D Heslop… - Micro-XRF Studies of …, 2015 - Springer
A multivariate log-ratio calibration (MLC) model for XRF-core-scanning devices is presented,
based on a combination of basic XRF-spectrometry theory and principles of compositional …

The magnitude, timing and abruptness of changes in North African dust deposition over the last 20,000 yr

D McGee, PB deMenocal, G Winckler, JBW Stuut… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Reconstructions of eolian dust accumulation in northwest African margin sediments provide
important continuous records of past changes in atmospheric circulation and aridity in the …