New insight into pedogenic processes in extremely arid environments and their paleoclimatic implications-the Negev Desert, Israel

Quaternary International

Volumn 162-163, Issue , 2007, Pages 61-75

  Amit, Rivka ^a   Lekach, Judith ^b   Ayalon, Avner ^a   Porat, Naomi ^a   Grodek, Tamir ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RAINWATER; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARAVA VALLEY; ASIA; DEAD SEA RIFT; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 33847661604     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.032     Document Type: Article

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