Palynological evidence for climatic change, anthropogenic activity and outflow of Black Sea water during the late Pleistocene and Holocene: Centennial- to decadal-scale records from the Black and Marmara Seas

Quaternary International

Volumn 167-168, Issue , 2007, Pages 73-90

  Mudie, P J ^a   Marret, F ^b   Aksu, A E ^c   Hiscott, R N ^c   Gillespie, H ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; DRAWDOWN; FOREST-STEPPE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OUTFLOW; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

ABIES; ARTEMISIA; CARPINUS; CASTANEA; DINOPHYCEAE; EPHEDRA; FAGUS; FILICOPHYTA; JUGLANS; PISTACIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; SPINIFERITES BENTORII; SPINIFERITES CRUCIFORMIS; SPINIFERITES MIRABILIS; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 34249895559     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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