Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Holocene, margin, delta, desert, aeolian, alluvial (Other Keyword)

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The Desert is Coming: A multi-proxy approach to investigating late Holocene human/environmental dynamics in the 'oasis' margins of Central Asia (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Steve Markofsky. Steven Markofsky.

The inland alluvial fans commonly found across the deserts of Central Asia constitute regions of environmental and geomorphological transition as well as social liminality. Straddling the line between fertile, sustainable environments and adverse regions often incapable of sustaining significant human occupation, these dynamic and evolving regions are excellent case studies through which to study the dynamic processes that have characterized human/environmental relationships throughout the...