Vegetation dynamics in the Northeastern Mediterranean region during the past 23 000 yr: Insights from a new pollen record from the Sea of Marmara

Climate of the Past

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1941-1956

  Valsecchi, V ^a,b   Sanchez Goni M F ^a   Londeix, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST CANOPY; HOLOCENE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

EID: 84878122964     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-8-1941-2012     Document Type: Article

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