Hydroclimatic changes in northern Levant over the past 400,000 years

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Gasse, Françoise ^a   Vidal, Laurence ^a   Van Campo, Elise ^b   Demory, François ^a   Develle, Anne Lise ^a,c   Tachikawa, Kazuyo ^a   Elias, Ata ^d   Bard, Edouard ^a   Garcia, Marta ^a   Sonzogni, Corinne ^a   Thouveny, Nicolas ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Glacial interglacial cycles; Lake deposits; Levant; Paleoclimatology

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GASES; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; LAKE DEPOSITS; LEVANT; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT CORE; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WESTERLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LEBANON;

EID: 84920954551     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.12.019     Document Type: Review

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