Holocene paleoenvironments of Northeast Iowa

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-234

  Baker, R G ^a   Bettis III, E A ^b   Schwert, D R ^c   Horton, D G ^a   Chumbley, C A ^d   Gonzalez, L A ^a   Reagan, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Geological Survey Bureau   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Rust Environment and Infrastructure   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial history; Beetles; Carbon isotopes; Coleoplera; Fire: Holocene; Insects; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimatology; Paleoecology; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

USA, IOWA, ROBERTS CREEK BASIN;

ACER SACCHARUM; ACERACEAE; AMBROSIA; ASTERACEAE; BETULACEAE; CARPINUS CAROLINIANA; FAGACEAE; OSTRYA VIRGINIANA; PICEA; PINACEAE; POACEAE; QUERCUS; TILIA AMERICANA; TILIACEAE; ULMACEAE; ULMUS;

EID: 0030404294     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2963475     Document Type: Article

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