Climate changes during the Holocene and their impact on Hydrological systems / Arie S. Isar.

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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- COPYRIGHT AND AUTHOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1 Climate changes in the Levant during the Late Quaternary Period -- 1.1 CONTEMPORARY CLIMATE -- 1.2 THE CLIMATE DURING THE LATE PLEISTOCENE -- 1.3 CLIMATE CHANGES DURING THE HOLOCENE IN THE LEVANT -- 1.4 CORRELATION BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGES AND HISTORICAL EVENTS IN THE LEVANT -- 1.4.1 The Neolithic period, c. 10ka to c. 7 ka BP.

1.4.1.a THE LOWER NEOLITHIC PERIOD, c. 10 ka TO 8 ka BP (PRE-POTTERY NEOLITHIC) -- 1.4.1.b THE MIDDLE AND UPPER NEOLITHIC PERIOD, c. 8 ka TO c. 7 ka BP (POTTERY NEOLITHIC) -- 1.4.2 The Chalcolithic period, c. 7 ka to c. 5 ka BP -- 1.4.3 The Early Bronze Age c. 5 ka to c. 4 ka BP -- 1.4.4 The Middle Bronze Age, c. 4 ka to 3.5 ka BP -- 1.4.5 The Late Bronze Age and Iron Age, 3.5 ka to 2.6 ka BP -- 1.4.6 The Roman-Byzantine period (2.3/2.2 ka to 1.3 ka BP), including the Roman-Byzantine transition period (1.7 ka to 1.6 -- 1.4.7 The Moslem-Arab period, c. 1.3 ka to 1.0 ka BP.

1.4.8 The Crusader period and Little Ice Age, 1.0 ka to 0.4 ka BP -- 1.4.9 The Moslem-Ottoman period, 0.4 ka to 0.1 ka BP -- 1.4.10 The Industrial period, 0.1 ka BP to the present -- 2 Climate changes during the Holocene Epoch in Europe -- 2.1 CLIMATE -- 2.1.1 Contemporary climate -- 2.1.2 The Pleistocene-Holocene transition period -- 2.2 THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION -- 2.2.1 The Balkan peninsula -- 2.2.2 The Italian peninsula and the French Mediterranean coast -- 2.2.3 The Iberian peninsula -- 2.2.3.a CONTEMPORARY CLIMATE -- 2.2.3.b PALEO-GEOMORPHOLOGY -- 2.2.3.c PALYNOLOGICAL TIME SERIES.

2.2.3.d REGIONAL CORRELATION -- 2.3 THE ALPS -- 2.4 WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN EUROPE -- 2.4.1 The Netherlands -- 2.4.1.a CONTEMPORARY CLIMATE -- 2.4.1.b CLIMATE CHANGES DURING THE UPPER PLEISTOCENE -- 2.4.1.c CLIMATE CHANGES DURING THE HOLOCENE -- The western area -- The northern region -- Conclusions -- 2.4.2 The British Isles -- 2.4.3 Scandinavia and the northern Atlantic -- 2.4.3.a SCANDINAVIA -- 2.4.3.b THE NORTHERN ATLANTIC -- 2.4.3.c GREENLAND -- 2.5 CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE -- 2.5.1 Poland -- 2.5.2 The Caspian Sea.

3 Climate changes during the Holocene in east Asia (China, Korea and Japan) -- 3.1 CHINA -- 3.1.1 Contemporary climate -- 3.1.2 Climate changes during the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene transition period -- 3.1.2.a THE LOESS PLATEAU -- 3.1.2.b THE TIBETAN PLATEAU AND WESTERN CHINA -- 3.1.2.c EASTERN CHINA -- 3.1.3 Climate changes during the Holocene -- 3.1.3.a THE LOESS PLATEAU -- 3.1.3.b THE TIBETAN PLATEAU AND WESTERN CHINA -- 3.1.3.c CENTRAL AND EASTERN CHINA -- 3.1.4 Korea -- 3.1.5 Conclusions -- 3.2 JAPAN -- 3.2.1 Contemporary climate.

It is now widely accepted that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing higher global atmospheric temperatures. However, there is still a great deal of uncertainty about the likely effects of such a temperature rise on climate, and even more about the impacts of climate change and variability on the world's hydrological regimes and socio-economic systems. Studying the effects of climate variability in the past can give clues as to possible future effects. This volume provides a comprehensive review of the effects of climate variability on hydrological and hum.

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