CULTURAL RESPONSES;
EGYPT;
ENVIRONMENT;
INSOLATION;
EVOLUTION;
AFRICA;
SEA;
D O I:
10.1130/G33012.1
中图分类号:
P5 [地质学];
学科分类号:
0709 ;
081803 ;
摘要:
A 7000 yr palynologic record from Burullus Lagoon, Nile Delta, Egypt, is assessed to investigate changes in terrestrial vegetation in response to Nile flow. Previous studies in this region have shown that sea-level rise in the early to mid-Holocene, and markedly increased human land use during the past several centuries, altered vegetation in and around the lagoon. The pollen record from this study documents changes in delta vegetation that likely reflect variations in Nile flow. We suggest that Cyperaceae pollen is a sensitive marker of precipitation over the Nile headwaters and the resultant Nile flow. Decreases in Cyperaceae pollen, interpreted as a marker for diminished Nile flow, as well as the increase in relative abundance of microscopic charcoal, occurred at ca. 6000-5500, ca. 5000, ca. 4200, and ca. 3000 cal. yr B.P. (calibrated years before present). These correspond to extreme regional and global aridity events associated with a more southerly mean position of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. These changes, also recorded by other proxy studies, indicate that several marked regional drought events affected the Nile Delta region and impacted ancient Egyptian and Middle Eastern civilizations.
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Emerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Harvard Univ, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Oswald, W. Wyatt
Foster, David R.
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Harvard Univ, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Foster, David R.
Shuman, Bryan N.
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Univ Wyoming, Dept Geol & Geophys, Laramie, WY 82071 USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Shuman, Bryan N.
Doughty, Elaine D.
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Harvard Univ, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Doughty, Elaine D.
Faison, Edward K.
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Highstead, Redding, CT USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Faison, Edward K.
Hall, Brian R.
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Harvard Univ, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Hall, Brian R.
Hansen, Barbara C. S.
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Univ Minnesota, Limnol Res Ctr, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Hansen, Barbara C. S.
Lindbladh, Matts
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Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Southern Swedish Forest Res Ctr, Alnarp, SwedenEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Lindbladh, Matts
Marroquin, Adriana
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Smithsonian Lib, Washington, DC USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA
Marroquin, Adriana
Truebe, Sarah A.
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Kartchner Caverns State Pk, Benson, AZ USAEmerson Coll, Inst Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies, 120 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116 USA