The mid-Holocene climatic transition in the Mediterranean: Causes and consequences

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Roberts, N ^a   Brayshaw, D ^b   Kuzucuoglu C ^c   Perez, R ^d   Sadori, L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

data:model comparison; Holocene; Mediterranean; multiproxy; palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRONZE AGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOODING; ISOTOPE; LAND COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY; WILDFIRE;

EID: 79251486370     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610388058     Document Type: Article

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