Palaeoenvironment and Holocene land use of Djara, Western Desert of Egypt

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 13-14, 2006, Pages 1619-1637

  Kindermann, Karin ^a   Bubenzer, Olaf ^a   Nussbaum, Stefanie ^a   Riemer, Heiko ^a   Darius, Frank ^a   Pöllath, Nadja ^b   Smettan, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; WATER RESOURCES;

HUMID CLIMATE; HYPER ARID DESERT; MONSOONAL RAINS; PLATEAU SURFACE;

LAND USE;

DESERT; HOLOCENE; LAND USE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ASPATHARIA; BIVALVIA;

EID: 33745822030     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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