Evidence from speleothem for abrupt climatic changes during the Holocene and their impact on human settlements in the Eastern Mediterranean region: Dating methods and stable isotope systematics

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, Supplementband

Volumn 137, Issue , 2005, Pages 45-59

  Bar Matthews, M ^a,b   Ayalon, A ^a,b  

^a Geological Survey of Israel ^*

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPELEOTHEM;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 33645532818     PISSN: 00442798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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