Reconstructing palaeoclimate and hydrological fluctuations in the Fezzan Basin (southern Libya) since 130 ka:A catchment-based approach

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Drake, Nick A., Lem, Rachael E., Armitage, Simon J., Breeze, Paul, Francke, Jan, El-Hawat, Ahmed S., Salem, Mustafa J., Hounslow, Mark W., White, Kevin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Holocene; Lake evaluation index; Middle east; Optical methods; Palaeohydrology; Paleoclimatology; Pleistocene; Sahara; New Lake; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/reconstructing-palaeoclimate-and-hydrological-fluctuations-in-the-fezzan-basin-southern-libya-since-130-ka(1594be8e-ba1b-4d87-9fe3-93a675e75f3b).html; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.09.042; https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/files/102298795/Reconstructing_palaeoclimate_and_hydrological_DRAKE_Accepted28September2018_GREEN_AAM.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054911818&partnerID=8YFLogxK

We propose a novel method to evaluate regional palaeoclimate that can be used to alleviate the problems caused by the discontinuous nature of palaeoenvironmental data found in deserts. The technique involves processing satellite imagery and DEM's to map past rivers, catchments and evaluate the...