Last Glacial to Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution at Lago di Pergusa (Sicily, Southern Italy) as inferred by pollen, microcharcoal, and stable isotopes

Quaternary International

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-14

  Sadori, L ^a   Zanchetta, G ^b   Giardini, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST CLEARANCE; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; NEOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ENNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PERGUSA LAKE; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ZELKOVA;

EID: 41849083089     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.02.024     Document Type: Article

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