Corrigendum to "Palaeoecological analysis of a Late Quaternary sediment profile in northern Oman" [Journal of Arid Environments 73 (2009) 296-305] (DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.023);Palaeoecological analysis of a Late Quaternary sediment profile in northern Oman

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-305

  Urban, B ^a   Buerkert, A ^b  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

14C analysis; Climate change; Holocene; Late Glacial maximum; Middle east; Oasis agriculture; OSL dating; Pollen and charcoal record

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OASIS; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FABACEAE; MOLLUSCA; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 59049083891     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.02.002     Document Type: Erratum

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