Sea-land paleoclimate correlation in the Eastern Mediterranean region during the late Holocene

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 181-190

  Schilman, Bettina ^a   Ayalon, Avner ^a   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^a   Kagan, Elisa J ^a   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA SURFACE; SPELEOTHEM;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 0038371147     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/504G-007U-5NKY-GUN1     Document Type: Article

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