Holocene environmental and climatic changes at Gorgo Basso, a coastal lake in southern Sicily, Italy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 1498-1510

  Tinner, Willy ^a,b   van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^a   Colombaroli, Daniele ^a   Vescovi, Elisa ^a,c   van der Knaap, W O ^a   Henne, Paul D ^a,b   Pasta, Salvatore ^d   D'Angelo, Stefania ^e   La Mantia, Tommaso ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d WWF Nature Reserve 'Lago Preola e Gorghi Tondi' ^*  (Italy)

^e WWF Nature Reserve 'Lago Preola e Gorghi Tondi'   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; BROADLEAVED; BRONZE AGE; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHARCOAL DATA; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; COASTAL LAKE; EUROPAEA; EVERGREEN BROAD-LEAVED FORESTS; EVERGREEN FORESTS; FICUS CARICA; FIRE ACTIVITY; FIRE HISTORY; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT; LAND-USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NATURAL CONDITIONS; OLEA EUROPAEA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SHRUBLAND;

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES; LAND USE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE HISTORY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE; LAND USE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEOLITHIC; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHARCOAL; CLIMATES; FIRES; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI;

CARICA PAPAYA; CEREALIA; CHAMAEROPS HUMILIS; FICUS CARICA; ILEX; OLEA EUROPAEA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA VERA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 67349203855     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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