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Ballouche, Aziz Fire and burning in West Africa Holocene savanna palaeoenvironment. Anthropogenic and natural processes in environmental changes.
Benazzouz, Mohamed T. Rapid environmental changes during Upper Holocene in the Northern margins of the Sahara desert
Berger, Antony Abrupt Geological Changes: Causes, effects and public issues.
Brookfield, Michael Deposits of tsunamis and their recognition
Brooks, Nick Beyond collapse: the role of climatic desiccation in the emergence of complex societies in the middle Holocene
Brooks, Nick The prehistory of Western Sahara in a regional context: the archaeology of the "free zone"
Brooks, Nick Environmental change and land-atmosphere interactions in northern Africa: the role of Saharan dust
Cheddadi, Rachid Climate changes since the last glacial maximum in Morocco and predicted impact on the Mediterranean ecosystems
Costa, Pedro Detecting storm and tsunami deposits in coastal lagoons. Preliminary results from Lagoa de Óbidos (W Portugal).
Crucifix, Michel Vegetation and climate varability : a coupled model study
Descamps, Cyr The shell mounds of the Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania)
Dinis, Jorge Holocenic infill of the Caldas da Rainha tectonic valley. Anthropological impacts and the fast evolution of three coastal lagoons.
Gasse, Françoise Evidence for solar forcing on the ecological variability of Lake Malawi during the last 700 years
Hooghiemstra, Henry Late Quaternary marine palynology in the NW African setting: biome migrations, trade wind history, and climate change
Jousse, Helene What is the impact of Holocene climatic changes on human societies: analysis of Neolithic population dynamic and dietary customs.
Khalil, Mohamed Origin of the sandy-silty cover along the Oum Er Rabia River (Atlantic Morocco)
Lauritzen, Stein-Erik Rapid climate change during the Holocene from Norwegian Speleothems
Di Lernia, Savino Aridity, Cattle, and Rites. Social responses to rapid environmental changes in the Saharan Pastoral societies, 6500-5000 yr BP
Leroy, Suzanne Are an early Byzantine seismic event (recorded in Manyas-Ulubat Lake sediment, N-W Turkey) and the end of the Beysehir Occupation Phase linked?
Liverman, David Geoindicators: tracking rapid geological change
Lucke, Bernhard The Decapolis region (Northern Jordan) as historical example of desertification. Mutual dependencies of land use, climate, soil genesis and settlement history.
Marret, Fabienne Land-Ocean Interactions: Climate Variability off West Africa for the Last 21, 000 years
Ould Mohamed Naffe, Baouba Humans and their environment in Mauritania during the Holocene
Renssen, Hans Climate instability during the termination of the African Humid Period: a model study
Rhodes, Gwendolyn Paleofloods on the Hells Canyon Reach of the Snake River, Idaho/Oregon
Romero, Oscar The dynamics of the coastal upwelling and the aeolian input off Mauritania
Ould Sabar, Mohamed Salem The sedimentation of the evaporates in Sebkha Ndghamcha: testimony of a aridification of the climate in the Tafolian
Satkunas, Jonas Geonvironmental change from Post Glacial to present – the Baltic region example
Scheffer, Marten Sunk-Cost Effects Made Ancient Societies Vulnerable to Collapse
Sponholz, Barbara Fulgurites as Paleoclimatic Indicators - New Approaches on Holocene Climatic Change in the Sahara
Stancikaite, Migle Neolithic Men and environment in Šventoji area, West Lithuania
Vilanova, Susana The 1755 Lisbon earthquake and the onshore LTV fault
Williams, Martin Desertification in Africa, Asia and Australia: Causes, consequences, solutions