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Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2509-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-18-2509-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 11
Research article
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22 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 22 Nov 2022

Accurately calibrated X-ray fluorescence core scanning (XRF-CS) record of Ti ∕ Al reveals Early Pleistocene aridity and humidity variability over North Africa and its close relationship to low-latitude insolation

Rick Hennekam, Katharine M. Grant, Eelco J. Rohling, Rik Tjallingii, David Heslop, Andrew P. Roberts, Lucas J. Lourens, and Gert-Jan Reichart

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The ratio of titanium to aluminum (Ti/Al) is an established way to reconstruct North African climate in eastern Mediterranean Sea sediments. We demonstrate here how to obtain reliable Ti/Al data using an efficient scanning method that allows rapid acquisition of long climate records at low expense. Using this method, we reconstruct a 3-million-year North African climate record. African environmental variability was paced predominantly by low-latitude insolation from 3–1.2 million years ago.
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