Enhanced rainfall in the Western Mediterranean during deposition of sapropel S1: stalagmite evidence from Corchia cave (Central Italy)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Zanchetta, G ^a   Drysdale, R N ^b   Hellstrom, J C ^c   Fallick, A E ^d   Isola, I ^e   Gagan, M K ^f   Pareschi, M T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CAVES; LAKES; RAIN; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPES; URANIUM;

CORCHIA CAVE; LAKE RECORDS; URANIUM-SERIES AGES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MARINE RECORD; RAINFALL; SAPROPEL; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; CORCHIA CAVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISRAEL; ITALY; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; LUCCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SOREQ CAVE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

CENTRAL ITALY; CLIMATIC CHANGES; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; IN-PHASE; STABLE ISOTOPES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 33847224812     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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