An expanded ostracod-based conductivity transfer function for climate reconstruction in the Levant

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 93, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-105

  Mischke, Steffen ^a,b   Almogi Labin, Ahuva ^c   Al Saqarat, Bety ^d   Rosenfeld, Arik ^e   Elyashiv, Hadar ^c   Boomer, Ian ^f   Stein, Mordechai ^c   Lev, Lilach ^c   Ito, Emi ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^d AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^e Ecolo GIS ^*  (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Near East; Ohalo Site; Ostracoda; Salinity; Sea of Galilee; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; WATER; WATER CONSERVATION; ANIMALS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

NEAR EAST; OHALO SITE; OSTRACODA; SALINITY; SEA OF GALILEE;

ANIMALS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONDUCTIVITY; DATA SET; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ISRAEL; JORDAN; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NORTHERN DISTRICT; SEA OF GALILEE;

CYPRIDEIS TOROSA; CYPRIDOPSIS; CYPRIDOPSIS VIDUA; GOMPHOCYTHERE; HETEROCYPRIS SALINA; ILYOCYPRIS; OSTRACODA; PRIONOCYPRIS; PRIONOCYPRIS ZENKERI;

EID: 84899691727     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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