Mid- to late-Holocene climate change in central Turkey: The tecer lake record

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 173-188

  Kuzucuoǧlu, Catherine ^a   Dörfler, Walter ^b   Kunesch, Stéphane ^a   Goupille, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatolia; climate; eastern Mediterranean; Holocene; lake sediments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONALITY;

ANATOLIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 79251469110     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610384163     Document Type: Article

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