Paleoclimatic reconstruction in northern Oman based on carbonates from hyperalkaline groundwaters

Auteurs :
CLARK, I. D.
FONTES, J. C.

Description :
This paleoclimatic reconstruction for the past 35,000 years for northern Oman is based on an unusual approach using travertines and fracture calcites associated with hyperalkaline springs. This reconstruction shows a dominantly wet late Pleistocene up to 19,000 years B.P., when a phase of climatic deterioration began, leading to a period of hyperaridity which dominated from 16,300 to 13,000 yr B.P. The early Holocene pluvial occurred from 12,500 to 6 500 yr B.P. and was followed by renewed climatic deterioration and the current phase of hyperaridity.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research, issn : 0033-5894, 1990, vol. 33, n°. 3, p. 320-336, Références bibliographiques : 26 réf.

Date :
1990

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, San Diego, CA, Elsevier