Vegetation history of Pleasant Island, southeastern Alaska, since 13,000 yr B.P

Quaternary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-175

  Hansen, Barbara C S ^a   Engstrom, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS CONTORTA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA; TSUGA MERTENSIANA; PINACEAE;

CLIMATE; CONIFER STOMATA; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY CLIMATE; QUATERNARY VEGETATION; VEGETATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

USA, ALASKA, PLEASANT ISLAND;

EID: 0030430077     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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