Paleohydrological implications of late Quaternary fluvial deposits in and around archaeological sites in Syria

Geomorphology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 33-43

  Oguchi, Takashi ^a   Hori, Kazuaki ^b   Oguchi, Chiaki T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Carbonate precipitation; Climatic change; Fluvial processes; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 51749103077     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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