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Schuster M, Duringer P, Ghienne JF, et al. The age of the Sahara desert. Science. 2006;311(5762):821doi: 10.1126/science.1120161.
Schuster, M., Duringer, P., Ghienne, J. F., Vignaud, P., Mackaye, H. T., Likius, A., & Brunet, M. (2006). The age of the Sahara desert. Science (New York, N.Y.), 311(5762), 821. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1120161
Schuster, Mathieu, et al. "The age of the Sahara desert." Science (New York, N.Y.) vol. 311,5762 (2006): 821. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1120161
Schuster M, Duringer P, Ghienne JF, Vignaud P, Mackaye HT, Likius A, Brunet M. The age of the Sahara desert. Science. 2006 Feb 10;311(5762):821. doi: 10.1126/science.1120161. PMID: 16469920.
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Science. 2006 Feb 10;311(5762):821. doi: 10.1126/science.1120161.

The age of the Sahara desert.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

Mathieu Schuster, Philippe Duringer, Jean-François Ghienne, Patrick Vignaud, Hassan Taisso Mackaye, Andossa Likius, Michel Brunet

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  1. Université Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Domaines Océaniques, CNRS Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 6538, 1 place Nicolas Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France. [email protected]

PMID: 16469920 DOI: 10.1126/science.1120161

Abstract

In the Sahara region, the age of onset of the desert condition has been uncertain until now. Here we report on the discovery of 7,000,000-year-old eolian dune deposits from the northern Chad Basin. This geological archive is the oldest known evidence for desert occurrence in the Sahara.

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