Short term climate variability during " Roman Classical Period" in the eastern Mediterranean

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 27-28, 2011, Pages 3880-3891

  Chen, Liang ^a   Zonneveld, Karin A F ^a   Versteegh, Gerard J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Dinoflagellate cysts; North Atlantic Oscillation; Roman Classical Period

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ADRIATIC; AEROBIC DEGRADATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CONCENTRICYSTES; DINOFLAGELLATE CYSTS; DISCHARGE PLUME; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; FORCINGS; FRESHWATER ALGAE; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; ITALIAN REGIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER DISCHARGE RATE; ROMAN CLASSICAL PERIOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SHORT TERM; SOLAR VARIABILITY; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE DROPS; TROPHIC STATE; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

ALGAE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DROPS; RIVERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGA; BIODEGRADATION; CLASSIC PERIOD; CLIMATE VARIATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXIC CONDITIONS; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; ROMAN ERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TROPHIC STATUS;

GULF OF TARANTO; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; LINGULODINIUM MACHAEROPHORUM;

EID: 82355190202     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.024     Document Type: Article

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