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A distal 140 kyr sediment record of Nile discharge and East African monsoon variability
Universität Leipzig, Institut für Geophysik und Geologie,
Talstraße 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Gerhard Schmiedl
Universität Hamburg, Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und
Nachhaltigkeit, Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Martin Seidel
Universität Leipzig, Institut für Geophysik und Geologie,
Talstraße 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Stefan Krüger
Universität Leipzig, Institut für Geophysik und Geologie,
Talstraße 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Hartmut Schulz
Universität Tübingen, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften,
Hölderlinstraße 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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