Environmental response of a fragile, semiarid landscape (Bardenas Reales Natural Park, NE Spain) to Early Holocene climate variability: A paleo- and environmental-magnetic approach

Catena

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-43

  Gomez Paccard M ^a   Larrasoana J C ^a,b   Sancho, C ^c   Munoz A ^c   McDonald, E ^d   Rhodes, E J ^e   Osacar M C ^c   Costa, E ^f   Beamud, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alluvial sediments; Climate variability; Early Holocene; Environmental magnetism; Iberian Peninsula; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ERODIBILITY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE; MAGNETITE; MUDFLAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLAYA; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEMIARID REGION;

BARDENAS REALES NATURAL PARK; EBRO BASIN; NAVARRA; SPAIN;

EID: 84872382258     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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