Historical landscape change in Cappadocia (central Turkey): A palaeoecological investigation of annually laminated sediments from Nar lake

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1229-1245

  England, Ann ^a   Eastwood, Warren J ^a   Roberts, C Neil ^b   Turner, Rebecca ^b   Haldon, John F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cappadocia; Charcoal; Climate change; Historical evidence; Landscape change; Late Holocene.; Nar G; Pollen; Stable isotopes; Turkey; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PASTURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CAPPADOCIA; EURASIA; NAR LAKE; NIGDE; TURKEY;

EID: 67749129195     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608096598     Document Type: Article

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