Holocene vegetation history and sea level changes in the SE corner of the caspian sea: Relevance to SW Asia climate

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-47

  Leroy, Suzanne A G ^a   Kakroodi, Ata A ^b,f   Kroonenberg, Salomon ^b   Lahijani, Hamid K ^c   Alimohammadian, Habib ^d   Nigarov, Aman ^e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Iranian National Institute for Oceanography INIO   (Iran)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^e Main National Museum of Turkmenistan   (Turkmenistan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alborz Mountains; Asian summer monsoon; Caspian Sea; Dinocyst; Holocene; Pollen; Sea level; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALBORZ MOUNTAINS; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; CASPIAN SEA; DINOCYST; HOLOCENES; POLLEN;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

FORESTRY;

BIOZONATION; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERGLACIAL; LAGOON; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER LEVEL;

FORESTRY; PLANTS; POLLEN;

CASPIAN SEA; ELBURZ; IRAN; TURKEY;

CARPINUS BETULUS; FAGUS; FAGUS ORIENTALIS; PARROTIA PERSICA; PTEROCARYA; PTEROCARYA FRAXINIFOLIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84876799546     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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