Timing of vegetation changes at the end of the Holocene Humid Period in desert areas at the northern edge of the Atlantic and Indian monsoon systems

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 750-759

  Lézine, Anne Marie ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic monsoon; Chad; End of the Holocene Humid Period; Indian monsoon; Oman; Pakistan; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DESERT; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350053137     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.01.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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