Climate change since the last glacial period in Lebanon and the persistence of Mediterranean species

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-157

  Cheddadi, R ^a   Khater, C ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lebanon; Mediterranean; Quaternary climate; Refugia; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MOISTURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

HOLOCENES; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN; QUATERNARY CLIMATE; REFUGIA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PERSISTENCE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REFUGIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; LEBANON; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84983755303     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.08.010     Document Type: Article

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