Holocene Variability of Atlantic Surface Properties and West African Aridity
- Lead PI: Peter B. deMenocal
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Unit Affiliation: Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- July 2008 - June 2013
- Inactive
- Atlantic Ocean
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: The project will use new sediment cores from the Atlantic Ocean to reconstruct the Holocene interval to characterize the timing and abruptness of the mid-late Holocene end of the African Humid Period and conduct detailed records of the past millennia to create a geological context.
OUTCOMES: Conducted CaCO3 percentage analyses, conducted U-Th geochemistry on several cores to conduct Th-normalized fluxes of dust. Used plant leaf lipid molecules in the cores to determine vegetative cover.