Contrasting patterns of precipitation seasonality during the Holocene in the south- and north-central Mediterranean

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 290-296

  Magny, Michel ^a   Peyron, Odile ^a   Sadori, Laura ^b   Ortu, Elena ^a   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^c   Vannière, Boris ^a   Tinner, Willy ^d  

^a université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Holocene; Mediterranean; Modern analogues technique; Precipitation seasonality; Sapropel 1

Indexed keywords

HADLEY CELL; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONALITY;

ENNA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PERGUSA LAKE; SICILY;

EID: 84859594122     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1543     Document Type: Article

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