<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cheddadi, R</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lamb, H F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Guiot, J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">van der Kaars, S</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holocene climatic change in Morocco: a quantitative reconstruction from pollen data</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Climate Dynamics</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">climate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Holocene</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morocco</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">paleoclimate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pollen</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1998</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">883-890</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Annual precipitation, July and January tem- peratures were reconstructed from a continuous Holo- cene pollen sequence from the Middle Atlas, Morocco, using the best modern analogues method. The recon- structions show a clear difference between the early and late Holocene: from &amp;10 ka to &amp;6.5 ka the climate was drier and warmer than during the period since 6.5 ka. The average value of annual precipitation was &amp;870mm until 6.5 ka, then rose to &amp;940 mm. Be- tween 10 ka and 6.5 ka January and July temperatures were about 4 °C higher than the present. Both temper- atures show a marked decrease between 7 ka and 6 ka. After 6.5 ka July and January temperatures fluctuated between 21 and 23 °C, and 2.5 and 5 °C respectively. January temperatures show a period of intermediate values (&amp;3.5 °C) between 4 ka and 5.5 ka. The recon- structed climate values generally match palaeolim- nological data from the same core, which show five intervals of low lake level during the Holocene. They are also consistent with regional-scale COHMAP simulated palaeoclimate that shows contrasting pat- terns of rainfall variation between the northwester- nmost part of Africa and the intertropical band</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APS</style></notes><research-notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APS</style></research-notes></record></records></xml>