The link between marine sediment records and changes in Holocene Saharan landscape: simulating the dust cycle

Egerer, Sabine; Claussen, Martin; Reick, Christian; Stanelle, Tanja

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1009-2016

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1009-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1009-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

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The link between marine sediment records and changes in Holocene Saharan landscape: simulating the dust cycle

Sabine Egerer, Martin Claussen, Christian Reick, and Tanja Stanelle

Data sets

Reconstructions of eolian dust accumulation in northwest African margin sediments McGee, D. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.836112

Short summary

We demonstrate for the first time the direct link between dust accumulation in marine sediment cores and Saharan land surface by simulating the mid-Holocene and pre-industrial dust cycle as a function of Saharan land surface cover and atmosphere-ocean conditions using the coupled atmosphere-aerosol model ECHAM6-HAM2.1. Mid-Holocene surface characteristics, including vegetation cover and lake surface area, are derived from proxy data and simulations.