Holocene and Pleistocene pluvial periods in Yemen, southern Arabia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 783-787

  Fleitmann, Dominik ^a   Burns, Stephen J ^b   Pekala, Marek ^a   Mangini, Augusto ^c   Al Subbary, Abdulkarim ^d   Al Aowah, Mohammad ^d   Kramers, Jan ^a   Matter, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Heidelberger Akademie of Sciences   (Germany)

^d SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Holocene; Human dispersal; Monsoon; Oxygen isotopes; Pleistocene; Southern Arabia; Speleothems; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DISPERSAL; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

OMAN; YEMEN;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 79952392513     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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