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24 Nov 2011
Research article |
| 24 Nov 2011
Hydrological variability in the Northern Levant: a 250 ka multi-proxy record from the Yammoûneh (Lebanon) sedimentary sequence
F. Gasse
CEREGE, UMR6635, Marseille Université-CNRS-IRD-Collège de France, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, France
Invited contribution by F. Gasse, recipient of the EGU Hans Oeschger Medal 2010
L. Vidal
CEREGE, UMR6635, Marseille Université-CNRS-IRD-Collège de France, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, France
A.-L. Develle
now at: Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR6249, Université de Franche-Comté, 16 Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon cedex, France
CEREGE, UMR6635, Marseille Université-CNRS-IRD-Collège de France, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, France
E. Van Campo
CNRS, Ecolab (Laboratoire d'écologie fonctionnelle), 31055 Toulouse, France
Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, Ecolab, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse, France
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