Rivers of the Hadramawt watershed (Yemen) during the Holocene: Clues of late functioning

Quaternary International

Volumn 266, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-161

  Berger, Jean François ^a   Bravard, Jean Paul ^a   Purdue, Louise ^b   Benoist, Anne ^c   Mouton, Michel ^d   Braemer, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c University Lumière Lyon 2   (France)

^d Inrap)   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BASIN; DISCHARGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHED;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; HADRAMAWT; YEMEN;

EID: 84862536730     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.037     Document Type: Article

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