The Iberian-Roman Humid Period (2600-1600 cal yr BP) in the Zoñar Lake varve record (Andalucía, southern Spain)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-120

  Martín Puertas, Celia ^a   Valero Garcés, Blas L ^b   Brauer, Achim ^c   Mata, M Pilar ^a   Delgado Huertas, Antonio ^d   Dulski, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Holocene; Iberian Roman period; Lake varve chronology; Mediterranean region; Solar variability; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANDALUCIA;

EID: 60649110836     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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