Alluvial fan records from southeast Arabia reveal multiple windows for human dispersal

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 295-298

  Parton, Ash ^a   Farrant, Andrew R ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^b   Telfer, Matt W ^c   Groucutt, Huw S ^a   Petraglia, Michael D ^a   Parker, Adrian G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DRAINAGE; ISOTOPES; RAIN; VEGETATION; WATER;

DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HUMAN POPULATION; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MONSOON INTENSITY; MULTIPLE WINDOWS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; ECCENTRICITY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RAINFALL; REMEDIATION;

ARABIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84948614440     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36401.1     Document Type: Article

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