Vegetation history and climate fluctuations on a transect along the Dead Sea west shore and their impact on past societies over the last 3500 years

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 756-764

  Neumann, F H ^a,b,c   Kagan, E J ^d,e   Leroy, S A G ^f   Baruch, U ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Holocene; Israel; Palynology; Vegetation transect

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGENERATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 77950023263     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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