Holocene hydroclimatic variability and multi-frequency analyses at Lake Sidi Ali (Morocco)

Schmidt, Johannes; Reichert, Markus; Kertscher, Cathleen; Schneider, Birgit; Dietze, Elisabeth; Bergmann, Laura; Benkaddour, Abdelfattah; Mikdad, Abdeslam; Pichat, Sylvain; Fletcher, William; Mischke, Steffen; Zielhofer, Christoph

doi:10.5194/cp-22-1537-2026

Articles | Volume 22, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-1537-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-1537-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 8

Research article

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10 Aug 2026

Research article |

| 10 Aug 2026

Holocene hydroclimatic variability and multi-frequency analyses at Lake Sidi Ali (Morocco)

Johannes Schmidt, Markus Reichert, Cathleen Kertscher, Birgit Schneider, Elisabeth Dietze, Laura Bergmann, Abdelfattah Benkaddour, Abdeslam Mikdad, Sylvain Pichat, William Fletcher, Steffen Mischke, and Christoph Zielhofer

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-1537-2026-supplement

Data sets

Discrete bulk Spectro Xepos XRF data of Holocene lake sediments from Lake Sidi Ali, Middle Atlas, Morocco Johannes Schmidt et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.960365

Calibrated high-resolution XRF core-scanning data of Holocene lake sediments from Lake Sidi Ali, Middle Atlas Morocco Johannes Schmidt et al. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.960342

Short summary

This study uses lake sediments from Lake Sidi Ali in Morocco to understand how climate and the surrounding landscape changed over the past 11,000 years. The results show repeating climate patterns that influenced lake water levels and erosion in the catchment at different timescales. These findings help explain how regional climate and local landscape processes interacted at the North African desert margin.