On the paleoclimate of Jordan during the last glacial maximum

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 23-33

  Abed, Abdulkader M ^a   Yaghan, Rima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; Last glacial maximum; Levant; Mediterranean cyclones; Monsoon; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

GYPSUM; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; VARVE;

JORDAN;

EID: 0034237762     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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