Water fern (Azolla filiculoides Lam.) in southern Chile as an index of paleoenvironment during early deglaciation

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 148-155

  Heusser, Calvin J ^a   Denton, George H ^b   Hauser, Arturo ^c   Andersen, Björn G ^d   Lowell, Thomas V ^e  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZOLLA FILICULOIDES;

DEGLACIATION; FERN; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN RECORD; TEMPERATURE; WATER FERN;

CHILE, CHILOTAN ARCHIPELAGO;

EID: 0029659898     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551754     Document Type: Article

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