End of Green Sahara amplified mid- to late Holocene megadroughts in mainland Southeast Asia

Michael L. Griffiths; Kathleen R. Johnson; Francesco S. R. Pausata; Joyce C. White; Gideon M. Henderson; Christopher T. Wood; Hongying Yang; Vasile Ersek; Cyler Conrad; Natasha Sekhon

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17927-6

Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

End of Green Sahara amplified mid- to late Holocene megadroughts in mainland Southeast Asia

Michael L. Griffiths,
Kathleen R. Johnson,
Francesco S. R. Pausata,
Joyce C. White,
Gideon M. Henderson,
Christopher T. Wood,
Hongying Yang,
Vasile Ersek,
Cyler Conrad,
Natasha Sekhon

Affiliations

Michael L. Griffiths: Department of Environmental Science, William Paterson University
Kathleen R. Johnson: Department of Earth System Science, University of California
Francesco S. R. Pausata: Centres ESCER and GEOTOP, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM)
Joyce C. White: Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology
Gideon M. Henderson: Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University
Christopher T. Wood: Department of Earth System Science, University of California
Hongying Yang: Department of Earth System Science, University of California
Vasile Ersek: Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University
Cyler Conrad: Environmental Stewardship, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Natasha Sekhon: Department of Earth System Science, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17927-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The mid-Holocene has seen a number of climate shifts, which have been associated with societal changes. Here, the authors investigate in a centuries long megadrought in Southeast Asia during the mid-Holocene, possibly caused by the end of the Green Sahara period.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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