Late postglacial paleoenvironmental change in the northeastern Mediterranean region: Combined palynological and molecular biomarker evidence

Quaternary International

Volumn 261, Issue , 2012, Pages 118-127

  Kouli, K ^a   Gogou, A ^b   Bouloubassi, I ^c   Triantaphyllou, M V ^a   Ioakim, Chr ^d   Katsouras, G ^b   Roussakis, G ^b   Lykousis, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST COVER; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84860512576     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.036     Document Type: Article

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