Quaternary climate change in iran - the state of knowledge

Erdkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Kehl, Martin ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geomorphic evidence; Iran; Lake sediments; Loess; Pedostratigraphy; Physical dating; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LOESS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SPELEOTHEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 67649854632     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2009.01.01     Document Type: Article

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