Humidity changes in southern Tunisia during the Late Pleistocene inferred from U-Th dating of mollusc shells

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1691-1703

  Causse, Christiane ^a   Ghaleb, Bassam ^b   Chkir, Najiba ^c   Zouari, Kamel ^c   Ouezdou, Hedi Ben ^d   Mamou, A ^e  

^a Laboratoire de Moulis   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d Fac des Lettres Sciences Humaines   (Tunisia)

^e Dir Gen des Ressources en Eau   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; GROUNDWATER;

HISTOGRAMS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

HIGHSTAND; HUMIDITY; LAKE LEVEL; MOLLUSC; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SHELL; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

GREAT CHOTTS; TUNISIA;

CERASTODERMA GLAUCUM; CERITHIUM RUPESTRE; MELANIA TUBERCULATA; MELANOPSIS PRAEMORSA;

EID: 0041973735     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(03)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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