Lake Chad, the largest freshwater lake of north-central Africa and one of the largest lakes of Africa, is the relict of a giant Quaternary lake (i.e., Megalake Chad) that developed during the early- to mid-Holocene African Humid Period. Over the drylands of the Sahara Desert and the semi-arid Sahel region, remote sensing (optical satellite...
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Two sedimentary basins are identified in the Turkana Depression (East African Rift System, Kenya). One of them, the Ekitale Basin, is presented in detail. Located on the western rift shoulder of the northern Turkana Depression, the preserved portion of the Ekitale Basin is 3–5‐km wide and bordered by N40°–50° normal faults. These normal faults...
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2023 (v1)Book section
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March 16, 2022 (v1)Conference paper
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October 2021 (v1)Journal article
In tropical Africa, Late Pleistocene-Holocene climatic fluctuations heavily impacted the continental hydro-systems. The timing and magnitude of 'African Humid Period' hydrological dynamics (AHP; ~14.8 to ~5.5 ka BP) are not yet fully understood due to the extreme variability in African geomorphic patterns and the complex network of past air...
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April 19, 2021 (v1)Conference paper
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2006 (v1)Journal article
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September 1, 2020 (v1)Journal article
In this study, new approaches are developed for measuring and understanding the reactivity of East African amplifier lakes and the societies that occupied their margins to African monsoon related hydrological changes. Drawing on seven newly discovered archaeological sites in the Lower Awash valley, corresponding to the northern Abhe Lake basin,...
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November 24, 2022 (v1)Publication
Welcome to the GDR Rift Scientific Colloquium 2022 The GDR Rift is pleased to present this first scientific colloquium which took place from 22 to 24 November 2022, at the Villemanzy residence, in Lyon. This conference was open to all researchers, students, and staff involved in the GDR, wishing to address issues related to the Great African...
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