Evidence for an abrupt climatic change at 8700 14C yr B.P. in rockshelters and caves of Gebel Qara (Dhofar-Oman): Palaeoenvironmental implications
✍ Scribed by Mauro Cremaschi; Fabio Negrino
- Book ID
- 102843449
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 799 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-6353
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Geoarchaeological research on the sedimentary fill of rockshelters and caves in the Gebel Qara (Dhofar, Southern Oman) has revealed the onset of heavy rains at 8700 yr B.P. These rains, produced by strengthening of the Southwest monsoon, abruptly altered the dry environment dominant in the area since the Pleistocene‐Holocene transition. Comparison of cave fills from the southern and northern fringes of the Gebel Qara indicates that the monsoon effects were limited to the southern and central part of the mountain range, directly facing the sea, and did not penetrate into the Nejd Desert. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.