Rapid increase in simulated North Atlantic dust deposition  due to fast change of northwest African landscape  during the Holocene

Egerer, Sabine; Claussen, Martin; Reick, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1051-2018

Articles | Volume 14, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1051-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1051-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 7

Research article

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12 Jul 2018

Research article |

| 12 Jul 2018

Rapid increase in simulated North Atlantic dust deposition due to fast change of northwest African landscape during the Holocene

Sabine Egerer, Martin Claussen, and Christian Reick

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RC1: 'Comments on manuscript by Egerer et al.', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer 1', Sabine Egerer, 25 May 2018
RC2: 'Review of Egerer et al.', D. McGee, 07 May 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer 2', Sabine Egerer, 25 May 2018
EC1: 'Please use the opportunity of the discussion phase', Denis-Didier Rousseau, 07 May 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (31 May 2018) by Denis-Didier Rousseau

AR by Sabine Egerer on behalf of the Authors (08 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Jun 2018) by Denis-Didier Rousseau

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (14 Jun 2018)

RR by David McGee (19 Jun 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (20 Jun 2018) by Denis-Didier Rousseau

AR by Sabine Egerer on behalf of the Authors (28 Jun 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Jul 2018) by Denis-Didier Rousseau

AR by Sabine Egerer on behalf of the Authors (04 Jul 2018) Manuscript

Short summary

We find a rapid increase in simulated dust deposition between 6 and 4 ka BP that is fairly consistent with an abrupt change in dust deposition that was observed in marine sediment records at around 5 ka BP. This rapid change is caused by a rapid increase in simulated dust emissions in the western Sahara due to a fast decline in vegetation cover and a locally strong reduction of lake area. Our study identifies spatial and temporal heterogeneity in the transition of the North African landscape.