Climate change and human occupation in the Southern Arabian lowlands during the last deglaciation and the Holocene

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 412-428

  Lézine, Anne Marie ^a   Robert, Christian ^b   Cleuziou, Serge ^c   Inizan, Marie Louise ^d   Braemer, Frank ^e   Saliège, Jean François ^f   Sylvestre, Florence ^b   Tiercelin, Jean Jacques ^g   Crassard, Rémy ^c   Méry, Sophie ^c   Charpentier, Vincent ^c   Steimer Herbet, Tara ^h  

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

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c Inrap)   (France)

^d Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^h Université de Versailels Saint Quentin en Yvelines   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Arabian lowlands; Clay mineralogy; Holocene; Human settlements; Oman; Paleohydrology; Palynology; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN LOWLANDS; CLAY MINERALOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; OMAN; PALEO-HYDROLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; YEMEN;

ARID REGIONS; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BONE; CLAY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; DRY SEASON; EGGSHELL; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAST DEGLACIATION; MINERALOGY; OCCUPATION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALYNOLOGY;

STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 77957283999     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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