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Environmental History and Palaeolimnology pp 367–372Cite as

Chronology of the major palaeohydrological events in NW Africa during the late Quaternary: PALHYDAF results

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On the basis of African examples, the paper draws attention to some geochemical and sedimentological problems which commonly occur in the establishment of a reliable chronology from lacustrine sediments. New results are then provided on the ages of the successive wet climatic phases in NW Africa since 150 ka ago.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Hydrologie et de Géochimie Isotopique, Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 504, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

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Fontes, J.C., Gasse, F. (1991). Chronology of the major palaeohydrological events in NW Africa during the late Quaternary: PALHYDAF results. In: Smith, J.P., et al. Environmental History and Palaeolimnology. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 67. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3592-4_47

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