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Holocene hydroclimatic variability and multi-frequency analyses at Lake Sidi Ali (Morocco)
Johannes Schmidt
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Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Historical Anthropospheres working group, LeipzigLab, Leipzig University, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
Institute of Geography, Technical University Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany
Markus Reichert
Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Cathleen Kertscher
Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Birgit Schneider
Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Elisabeth Dietze
Institute of Geography, Georg August University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
Laura Bergmann
Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Abdelfattah Benkaddour
Department of Earth Studies – Cadi Ayyad University, FST Marrakech, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco
Abdeslam Mikdad
Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine, Rabat, Morocco
Sylvain Pichat
Laboratoire de Geologie de Lyon (LGL-TPE), 69364 Lyon, France
William Fletcher
Department of Geography, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester, M13 9PL Manchester, UK
Steffen Mischke
Institute of Earth Sciences, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland
Christoph Zielhofer
Institute of Geography, Leipzig University, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Historical Anthropospheres working group, LeipzigLab, Leipzig University, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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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.
This study uses lake sediments from Lake Sidi Ali in Morocco to understand how climate and the...
