Lacustrine to palustrine sediments from the Sirwah Oasis, Yemen - Sedimentological implications for the local paleoecology and archeology

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-145

  Weiss, Christian ^a   Brunner, Ueli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Holocene; Lacustrine; Paleoclimate; Palustrine; Yemen

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; GASTROPOD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

YEMEN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 78649525349     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0065     Document Type: Article

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