Middle and Late Pleistocene humid periods recorded in palaeolake deposits of the Nafud desert, Saudi Arabia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-123

  Rosenberg, Thomas M ^a   Preusser, Frank ^b   Risberg, Jan ^b   Plikk, Anna ^b   Kadi, Khalid A ^c   Matter, Albert ^a   Fleitmann, Dominik ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabia; Diatoms; Monsoon; OSL; Palaeolakes; Pleistocene; TT OSL

Indexed keywords

ARABIA; DIATOMS; MONSOON; OSL; PALAEOLAKES; PLEISTOCENE; TT-OSL;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DEPOSITS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; WIND DIRECTION; ZONAL FLOW;

NEFUD; SAUDI ARABIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84877144313     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.03.017     Document Type: Article

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