Environmental changes in Lebanon during the Holocene: Man vs. climate impacts

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 746-755

  Hajar, L ^a   Haidar Boustani M ^b   Khater, C ^c   Cheddadi, R ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Human impact; Levant; Neolithic sites; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LATE GLACIAL; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; WETLAND;

LEBANON;

EID: 77950019855     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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