Lake Yoa (Northern Chad): A Seasonal Footprint of 10,500 Years of Climate Change in the Sahara

Stefan Kroepelin1, Christine Cocquyt2, Frank Darius3, Michèle Dinies4, Pierre Francus5, Janna Just6, Jens Karls7, Jan Kuper7, Anne-Marie Lézine8, Baba Mallaye9, Martin Melles6, Florence Sylvestre10, Finn A. Viehberg11 and Volker Wennrich6, (1)University of Cologne, Collaborative Research Centre 806 / A2, Cologne, Germany, (2)Botanic Garden Meise, Meise, Belgium, (3)Technical University Berlin, Institute for Ecology, Berlin, Germany, (4)German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Germany, (5)Inst Nat Recherche Sci, Québec, QC, Canada, (6)University of Cologne, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Cologne, Germany, (7)University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, (8)LOCEAN, Paris Cedex 05, France, (9)Comité Technique du Patrimoine Mondial au Tchad, N'Djaména, Chad, (10)CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence Cedex, France, (11)University of Cologne, Institute for Geology and Mineralogy, Cologne, Germany