Eocene aridity in southwestern Africa: timing of onset and biological consequences

@article{Pickford2014EoceneAI,
  title={Eocene aridity in southwestern Africa: timing of onset and biological consequences},
  author={M. H. L. Pickford and Brigitte S{\'e}nut and Helke Mocke and C{\'e}cile Mourer-Chauvir{\'e} and Jean Claude Rage and Pierre Mein},
  journal={Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa},
  year={2014},
  volume={69},
  pages={139 - 144}
}
The Neogene history of the Namib Desert is reasonably well understood, thanks to the presence of abundant sediments and fossils in Namaqualand, the Sperrgebiet and the Namib-Naukluft Park. Hyper-arid desert has existed along the west coast of Southern Africa since the Early Miocene. It has been demonstrated on the basis of stable isotope studies of struthious eggshells and mammalian dental enamel, that throughout the Neogene winter rainfall regime occurred in the south and summer rainfall… Expand
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