The effects of the 8.2 ka event on the natural environment of Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria: Implications for ecosystem resilience studies

Quaternary International

Volumn 378, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-118

  van der Horn, Sarah A ^a   van Kolfschoten, Thijs ^a   van der Plicht, Johannes ^a,b   Hoek, Wim Z ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

8.2 ka event; Climate change; Ecosystem resilience; Tell Sabi Abyad; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; PALEOCLIMATE;

RAQQAH; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TELL SABI ABYAD;

EID: 84939574969     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.04.005     Document Type: Article

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