Holocene alluvial archives and human occupation in the Lower Moulouya River (north-eastern Morocco);Archives alluviales holocènes et occupation humaine en Basse Moulouya (Maroc nord-oriental)

Geomorphologie: Relief, Processus, Environnement

Volumn , Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-56

  Ibouhouten, Hanoun ^a,b,c   Zielhofer, Christoph ^b,c,d,e   Mahjoubi, Rachida ^a   Kamel, Said ^a   Linstädter, Jörg ^f   Mikdad, Abdeslam ^g   Bussmann, Jens ^b,c   Werner, Petra ^b,c   Härtung, Joachim W ^b,c   Fénech, Katrin ^h  

^a MOULAY ISMAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Département de Géographie   (Germany)

^c Université d'Osnabrilck   (France)

^d Département de Géographie   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g BP   (Morocco)

^h Laboratoire de l'Environnement et de l'Archéologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial archives; Geoarchaeology; Holocene; Sedimentary charcoal record; Western mediterranean area

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649860292     PISSN: 12665304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/geomorphologie.7812     Document Type: Article

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