Late-Holocene environmental dynamics and climate variability in a Mediterranean high mountain environment (Sierra Nevada, Spain) inferred from lake sediments and historical sources

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 915-927

  Oliva, Marc ^a   Gomez Ortiz A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

climate variability; documentary sources; environmental evolution; lake sediments; late Holocene; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOECOLOGY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION COVER;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84863550853     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611434235     Document Type: Article

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