Impact of late-Holocene aridification trend, climate variability and geodynamic control on the environment from a coastal area in SW Spain

Holocene

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 607-617

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a   Rodríguez Ramírez, Antonio ^b   Pérez Asensio, José N ^c   Carrión, José S ^d   López Sáez, José Antonio ^e   Villarías Robles, Juan J R ^f   Celestino Pérez, Sebastián ^g   Cerrillo Cuenca, Enrique ^g   León, Ángel ^h   Contreras, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

^f Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (CCHS)   (Spain)

^g Institute de Arqueología Mérida   (Spain)

^h Fundación del Hogar del Empleado   (Spain)

Author keywords

aridification; Climate; geodynamic control; millennial scale variability; North Atlantic Oscillation; pollen analysis; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; ARIDITY; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST COVER; GEODYNAMICS; HALOPHYTE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

EID: 84924907149     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614565955     Document Type: Article

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