Late Holocene vegetation in the Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan

Quaternary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-351

  Woolfenden, Wallace B ^a   Ababneh, Linah ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan; Pollen analysis; Vegetation dynamics; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AZRAQ WETLAND RESERVE, JORDAN; FRESH WATER; LATE HOLOCENE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN SEQUENCES; SANDY CLAY LOAM; SHRUBLANDS; TERRESTRIAL VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WINTER PRECIPITATION; WINTER STORMS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARID REGIONS; PEAT; STORMS; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CORE; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AZRAQ WETLAND RESERVE; JORDAN; ZARQA;

EID: 82455198564     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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