A multi-proxy analysis of the Holocene humid phase from the United Arab Emirates and its implications for southeast Arabia's Neolithic populations

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 277-292

  Preston, Gareth W ^a   Thomas, David S G ^b   Goudie, Andrew S ^b   Atkinson, Oliver A C ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^c,d   Hodson, Martin J ^a   Walkington, Helen ^a   Charpentier, Vincent ^e   Méry, Sophie ^e   Borgi, Federico ^f,g   Parker, Adrian G ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e Inrap)   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabia; Dunes; Holocene; Neolithic; Palaeoclimate; Palaeolake

Indexed keywords

DUNE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84941805838     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.054     Document Type: Article

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