A vast Eemian palaeolake in Southern Jordan (29°N)

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 368-373

  Petit Maire, N ^a   Carbonel, P ^b   Reyss, J L ^c   Sanlaville, P ^d   Abed, A ^e   Bourrouilh, R ^b   Fontugne, M ^c   Yasin, S ^e  

^a La Faustine   (France)

^b Domaine du CNRS ^*  (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Pleistocene paleolakes; Southern Jordan; Th U dating

Indexed keywords

LAST INTERGLACIAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLEISTOCENE; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTHERN JORDAN; VAST LAKES;

LAKES;

ARTIFACT; EEMIAN; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHORE (NONMARINE); THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; JORDAN; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77957253567     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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