Palynological evidence for environmental and climatic change in the lower Guadiana valley, Portugal, during the last 13 000 years

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 481-494

  Fletcher, William J ^a,c   Boski, Tomasz ^b   Moura, Delminda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Aridification events; Climate change; Holocene; Iberian Peninsula; Lateglacial; Palaeoecology; Pollen analysis; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ALGARVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA ESTUARY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARTEMISIA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SCABIOSA; CISTACEAE; DIPSACACEAE; EPHEDRA; EPHEDRA DISTACHYA; ERICACEAE; JUNIPERUS; PHILLYREA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA VERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 34447523756     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607077027     Document Type: Article

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