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Hydrosedimentary records and Holocene environmental dynamics in the Yamé Valley (Mali, Sudano-Sahelian West Africa)
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Le Drézen, Yann
Lespez, Laurent
Rasse, Michel
Garnier, Aline
Coutard, Sylvie
Huysecom, Eric
Ballouche, Aziz
Published in Comptes rendus. Géoscience. 2010, vol. 342, no. 3, p. 244-252
Abstract Research conducted in the Yame´ Valley (Dogon Country, Mali) provides valuable information about the river systems and their Holocene evolution in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa. Past research in the region has relied primarily on marine and lacustrine records. The new results confirm correlation between palaeoclimatic fluctuations recorded an lakes. They offer a new continental milestone for understanding of the environmental repercussions of Holocene monsoon oscillations. These studies demonstrate the value of river systems as a palaeoenvironmental record and the role of palaeoclimatic and anthropogenic factors in the Holocene dynamics of Sudano-Sahelian hydrosystems.
Keywords Chronostratigraphie — Paléoenvironnement — Holocène — Afrique-ouest — Mali
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Faculté des sciences / Section de biologie / Département de génétique et évolution
Faculté des sciences / Section de biologie / Département d'anthropologie et écologie
Research groups Laboratoire d'archéologie et peuplement de l'Afrique (APA)
Unité d'anthropologie
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(ISO format) 		LE DRÉZEN, Yann et al. Hydrosedimentary records and Holocene environmental dynamics in the Yamé Valley (Mali, Sudano-Sahelian West Africa). In: Comptes rendus. Géoscience, 2010, vol. 342, n° 3, p. 244-252. doi: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.12.005 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:12657

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