Quaternary paleoecology of the Lower Mississippi Valley

Engineering Geology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 219-242

  Delcourt, Paul A ^a   Delcourt, Hazel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); RIVERS; STRATIGRAPHY;

FOSSIL ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ECOLOGY;

CLIMATE; GLACIAL RUNOFF; PALAEOECOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER REGIME; VEGETATION HISTORY;

USA, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY (LOWER);

EID: 0030405156     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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