Hydroclimatic variations over the last two glacial/interglacial cycles at Lake Urmia, Iran

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-660

  Stevens, Lora R ^a   Djamali, Morteza ^b   Andrieu Ponel, Valérie ^b   de Beaulieu, Jacques Louis ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Last Interglacial; Near East; Oxygen isotope; Penultimate Glacial

Indexed keywords

ARAGONITE; CALCITE; DEGLACIATION; FECAL PELLET; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; INTERSTADIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LITHOFACIES; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POLLEN; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

IRAN; ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; LAKE URMIA; SOREQ CAVE;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 84859725459     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9588-3     Document Type: Article

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