Late Quaternary humidity and aridity dynamics in the northeast Rub'al-Khali, United Arab Emirates: Implications for early human dispersal and occupation of eastern Arabia

Quaternary International

Volumn 300, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-301

  Atkinson, Oliver A C ^a   Thomas, David S G ^a,b   Parker, Adrian G ^c   Goudie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SUMMER; WIND;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; AL AIN; RUB AL KHALI; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84878972129     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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