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Glacial and interglacial wind regimes over the eastern subtropical Atlantic and North-West Africa

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Analysis of aeolo-marine dust deposits in the subtropical eastern Atlantic enables the strength of the major wind patterns during the late Quaternary to be evaluated and gives an insight into the climate of North Africa.

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  1. Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut der Universität Kiel, D-2300, FRG

    M. Sarnthein, B. Koopmann & U. Pflaumann

  2. Institut für Meteorologie der Universität Hannover, D-3000, FRG

    G. Tetzlaff & K. Wolter

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Sarnthein, M., Tetzlaff, G., Koopmann, B. et al. Glacial and interglacial wind regimes over the eastern subtropical Atlantic and North-West Africa. Nature 293, 193–196 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/293193a0

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