Assessment of the effect of earthquake activity on regional vegetation - High-resolution pollen study of the Ein Feshka section, Holocene Dead Sea

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 42-51

  Neumann, Frank H ^a,b,c   Kagan, Elisa J ^d,e   Stein, Mordechai ^d,e   Agnon, Amotz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dead Sea; earthquakes; Holocene; paleo seismicity; palynology

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; POLLEN; SEISMICITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; DEAD SEA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

ASTEROIDEAE; CICHORIOIDEAE; JUGLANS; VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 64449087044     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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