Stratigraphic evidence for a " pluvial phase" between ca 8200-7100 ka from Renella cave (Central Italy)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 409-417

  Zhornyak, L V ^a   Zanchetta, G ^a,b,c   Drysdale, R N ^d   Hellstrom, J C ^d   Isola, I ^b   Regattieri, E ^a   Piccini, L ^e   Baneschi, I ^c   Couchoud, I ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Floods; Holocene; Italy; Paleoclimate; Renella cave; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; ITALY; PALEOCLIMATES; RENELLA CAVE; SPELEOTHEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEAWATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

CAVES;

CLAST; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEAWATER; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CORCHIA CAVE; ITALY; LUCCA; MASSA-CARRARA; RENELLA CAVE; TUSCANY;

EID: 78951469223     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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