Hydrological response of a dryland ephemeral river to southern African climatic variability during the last millennium

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-482

  Benito, G ^a   Thorndycraft, V R ^b   Rico, M T ^c   Sanchez Moya Y ^d   Sopena A ^d   Botero, B A ^e   Machado, M J ^a   Davis, M ^f,g   Perez Gonzalez A ^h  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLÍN   (Colombia)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^h CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buffels River; Palaeoclimate; Palaeofloods; Palaeohydrology; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

BUFFELS RIVER; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOFLOODS; PALAEOHYDROLOGY; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW;

FLOODS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 79954428607     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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