Holocene hydrological changes in south-western Mediterranean as recorded by lake-level fluctuations at Lago Preola, a coastal lake in southern Sicily, Italy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2459-2475

  Magny, Michel ^a   Vannière, Boris ^a   Calo, Camilla ^b   Millet, Laurent ^a   Leroux, Aurélie ^a   Peyron, Odile ^a   Zanchetta, Gianni ^c,d   La Mantia, Tommaso ^e   Tinner, Willy ^b  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Istituto di Entomologia Agraria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lacustrine sediments; Lake level fluctuations; Mediterranean; Palaeohydrology; Pantelleria tephra; Sicily

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS; LAKE-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; MEDITERRANEAN; PALAEOHYDROLOGY; PANTELLERIA TEPHRA; SICILY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; MOISTURE; SOLAR ENERGY;

LAKES;

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; EVERGREEN FOREST; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LAND USE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TEPHRA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ENERGY PRODUCTION; FORESTRY; LAKES; MEDITERRANEAN; MOISTURE; SICILY; SUN LIGHT;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY;

EID: 80051872473     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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