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Monsoon-driven changes in aeolian and fluvial sediment input to the central Red Sea recorded throughout the last 200 000 years
Institut für Geophysik und Geologie, Universität Leipzig, Talstraße 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Paul A. Wilson
University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom
Helge W. Arz
Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung, Seestraße 15, 18119 Warnemünde, Germany
Hartmut Schulz
Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstraße 94–96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
Gerhard Schmiedl
Institut für Geologie, Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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Short summary
Climatic and associated hydrological changes controlled the aeolian versus fluvial transport processes and the composition of the sediments in the central Red Sea through the last ca. 200 kyr. We identify source areas of the mineral dust and pulses of fluvial discharge based on high-resolution grain size, clay mineral, and geochemical data, together with Nd and Sr isotope data. We provide a detailed reconstruction of changes in aridity/humidity.
Climatic and associated hydrological changes controlled the aeolian versus fluvial transport...
