Vegetation zones and diagnostic pollen profiles of a coastal peat swamp, Bocas del Toro, Panama

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 301-338

  Phillips, Steve ^a   Rouse, Glenn E ^a   Bustin, R Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

coal; earthquakes; Panama; peat; sea level; tropical pollen

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SWAMP; HOLOCENE; PEAT FORMATION; POLLEN ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

PANAMA, BOCAS DEL TORO;

EID: 0030616890     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)81129-7     Document Type: Article

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