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Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene
Zhang, Z.; Ramstein, G.; Schuster, M.; Li, C.; Contoux, C.; Yan, Y. (2014). Aridification of the Sahara desert caused by Tethys Sea shrinkage during the Late Miocene. Nature (Lond.) 513(7518): 401–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature13705
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, meer
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    Climate > Palaeoclimate
    Earth sciences > Atmospheric sciences
    Marien/Kust
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  • Zhang, Z.
  • Ramstein, G.
  • Schuster, M.
  • Li, C.
  • Contoux, C.
  • Yan, Y.
Abstract
    The drying of the Tethys Sea—the progenitor of the modern Mediterranean, Black and Caspian seas—weakened the northern extension of the African monsoon and led to the creation of the Sahara desert about 7 million years ago.
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