@article{PAR00000781,
  title = {{E}vidence for {M}egalake {C}had, north-central {A}frica, during the late {Q}uaternary from satellite data},
  author = {{L}eblanc, {M}. {J}. and {L}educ, {C}. and {S}tagnitti, {F}. and van {O}evelen, {P}. {J}. and {J}ones, {C}. and {M}ofor, {L}. {A}. and {R}azack, {M}. and {F}avreau, {G}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he existence of a very large {L}ake {C}had during the late {Q}uaternary, {M}egalake {C}had, has long been questioned. {A} {M}egalake {C}had would present strong evidence for climatic fluctuations of great magnitude during the {H}olocene in tropical {A}frica. {I}n this paper we used satellite data from {L}andsat and {M}odis sensors to collect and analyse new information on landforms in a 2 000 000 km(2) region of the {L}ake {C}had {B}asin. {W}e detected 2300 km of remains marking the ancient shoreline of {M}egalake {C}had. {T}he satellite data also indicated many {S}aharan rivers and relict deltas leading to the long paleoshoreline. {L}arge dunefield flattenings were observed and interpreted as the result of wave-cut erosion by the paleolake. {S}imilarities were noticed between the landforms observed along the paleoshoreline of {M}egalake {C}had and that of the former {A}ral {S}ea. {T}his finding has significant consequences for reconstructing paleohydrology and paleoenvironments through the {L}ake {C}had basin, and continental climate change. (c) 2005 {E}lsevier {B}.{V}. {A}ll rights reserved.},
  keywords = {{L}ake {C}had ; paleohydrology ; remote sensing ; geomorphology ; climate change ; ancient shoreline},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}alaeogeography {P}alaeoclimatology {P}alaeoecology},
  volume = {230},
  numero = {3-4},
  pages = {230--242},
  year = {2006},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.016},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00000781},
}