Deep desert aquifers as an archive for Mid- to Late Pleistocene hydroclimate: An example from the southeastern Mediterranean

Ram, Roi; Adar, Eilon M.; Yechieli, Yoseph; Yokochi, Reika; Aeschbach, Werner; Armon, Moshe; Solomon, D. Kip; Purtschert, Roland; Seltzer, Alan M.; Urbach, Kerstin L.; Bishof, Michael; Mueller, Peter; Zappala, Jake C.; Jiang, Wei; Lu, Zheng-Tian; Reznik, Itay J.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175737

Title: Deep desert aquifers as an archive for Mid- to Late Pleistocene hydroclimate: An example from the southeastern Mediterranean

Journal Article · 01 November 2024 · Science of the Total Environment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175737 · OSTI ID:2437778

Ram, Roi; Adar, Eilon M.; Yechieli, Yoseph; Yokochi, Reika; Aeschbach, Werner; Armon, Moshe; Solomon, D. Kip; Purtschert, Roland; Seltzer, Alan M.; Urbach, Kerstin L.; Bishof, Michael; Mueller, Peter; Zappala, Jake C.; Jiang, Wei; Lu, Zheng-Tian; Reznik, Itay J.

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