doi: 10.1126/science.1120161.
The age of the Sahara desert
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The age of the Sahara desert
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In the Sahara region, the age of onset of the desert condition has been uncertain until now. Here we report on the discovery of 7,000,000-year-old eolian dune deposits from the northern Chad Basin. This geological archive is the oldest known evidence for desert occurrence in the Sahara.
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Revisiting the age of the Sahara Desert.Science. 2006 May 26;312(5777):1138-9; author reply 1138-9. doi: 10.1126/science.312.5777.1138b. Science. 2006. PMID: 16728618 No abstract available.
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Revisiting the age of the Sahara Desert.Science. 2006 May 26;312(5777):1138-9; author reply 1138-9. Science. 2006. PMID: 16739253 No abstract available.
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