Soil erosion and valley fills in the Yemen highlands and southern Turkey: Integrating settlement, geoarchaeology, and climate change

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-192

  Wilkinson, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOIL EROSION; UPLAND REGION; VALLEY FILL;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; YEMEN;

EID: 13844270875     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20042     Document Type: Article

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