Deglacial and holocene vegetation and climatic changes in the southern central Mediterranean from a direct land-sea correlation

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 767-787

  Desprat, S ^a   Combourieu Nebout, N ^b   Essallami, L ^c   Sicre, M A ^b   Dormoy, I ^d   Peyron, O ^d   Siani, G ^e   Bout Roumazeilles, V ^f   Turon, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORRELATION; GRASS; HERB; HOLOCENE; LAST DEGLACIATION; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SHRUB; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84880890055     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-767-2013     Document Type: Article

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