Vegetation, fire, climate and human disturbance history in the southwestern Mediterranean area during the late Holocene

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-122

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a   García Alix, Antonio ^a   Hernández Corbalán, María Dolores ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^b   Delgado Huertas, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Fire history; Late Holocene; Roman Humid Period; Sierra Nevada; Southern Spain

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FIRE HISTORY; HUMID PERIODS; LATE HOLOCENE; SIERRA NEVADA; SOUTHERN SPAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHARCOAL; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; VEGETATION;

FIRES;

CORE ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

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

QUERCUS; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 84874243586     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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