Mediterranean climate and oceanography, and the periodic development of anoxic events (sapropels)

EJ Rohling, G Marino, KM Grant - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Mediterranean sapropels are layers with elevated organic carbon concentrations that
contrast with surrounding sediments, which are organic poor. Sapropels occur (quasi-) …

Crisis in context: The end of the Late Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean

AB Knapp, SW Manning - American Journal of Archaeology, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Abstract Explanations for the Late Bronze Age crisis and collapse in the eastern
Mediterranean are legion: migrations, predations by external forces, political struggles within …

Sea-level and deep-sea-temperature variability over the past 5.3 million years

EJ Rohling, GL Foster, KM Grant, G Marino, AP Roberts… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Ice volume (and hence sea level) and deep-sea temperature are key measures of global
climate change. Sea level has been documented using several independent methods over …

Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch: a Discussion Paper by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and …

MJC Walker, M Berkelhammer, S Björck… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This discussion paper, by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and
terrestrial records) and the Subcommision on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the …

Holocene climate variability

PA Mayewski, EE Rohling, JC Stager, W Karlén… - Quaternary …, 2004 - cambridge.org
Although the dramatic climate disruptions of the last glacial period have received
considerable attention, relatively little has been directed toward climate variability in the …

Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected …

M Walker, S Johnsen, SO Rasmussen… - … : Published for the …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The Greenland ice core from NorthGRIP (NGRIP) contains a proxy climate record across the
Pleistocene–Holocene boundary of unprecedented clarity and resolution. Analysis of an …

[图书][B] Radiocarbon dating: an archaeological perspective

RE Taylor, O Bar-Yosef - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

Climatic, vegetation and cultural change in the eastern Mediterranean during the mid-Holocene environmental transition

N Roberts, WJ Eastwood, C Kuzucuoğlu… - The …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The eastern Mediterranean region witnessed changes in human culture of the highest
importance between~ 9000 and~ 2500 cal. BP (7000—500 BC) and over the same time …

Holocene climate and cultural evolution in late prehistoric–early historic West Asia

M Staubwasser, H Weiss - Quaternary Research, 2006 - cambridge.org
The precipitation climatology and the underlying climate mechanisms of the eastern
Mediterranean, West Asia, and the Indian subcontinent are reviewed, with emphasis on …

Dynamics of green Sahara periods and their role in hominin evolution

JC Larrasoaña, AP Roberts, EJ Rohling - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Astronomically forced insolation changes have driven monsoon dynamics and recurrent
humid episodes in North Africa, resulting in green Sahara Periods (GSPs) with savannah …