Seasonal resolution of Eastern Mediterranean climate change since 34ka from a Soreq Cave speleothem

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 89, Issue , 2012, Pages 240-255

  Orland, Ian J ^a   Bar Matthews, Miryam ^b   Ayalon, Avner ^b   Matthews, Alan ^c   Kozdon, Reinhard ^a   Ushikubo, Takayuki ^a   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEINRICH EVENT; HOLOCENE; ION MICROPROBE; LAST GLACIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPELEOTHEM; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SOREQ CAVE;

EID: 84861599752     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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