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Title: Vegetation and Soil Feedbacks on the Response of the African Monsoon to Orbital Forcing in the Early to Middle Holocene.

Authors: Kutzbach, J., G. Bonan, J. Foley, and S. P. Harrison.

Citation: Kutzbach, J., G. Bonan, J. Foley, and S. P. Harrison. 1996. Vegetation and Soil Feedbacks on the Response of the African Monsoon to Orbital Forcing in the Early to Middle Holocene. Nature 384: 623-26.

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Keywords: fossil pollen, ancient lake sediments, archaeology, Africa, Sahel, Sahara, climate change, deforestation, desertification, Holocene, simulation models, climate models, monsoons, vegetation change, soils, orbital forcing, desert, grassland, feedbacks

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