The palaeoecology of a treed bog in western boreal Canada: A study based on microfossils, macrofossils and physico-chemical properties

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 183-224

  Kuhry, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA; PICEA; POPULUS; SPHAGNUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM; SPHAGNUM MAGELLANICUM; TYPHA; PINACEAE; PINUS; SALICACEAE; TYPHACEAE;

BOG; BOREAL REGION; GYTTJA; MACROFOSSIL; MICROFOSSIL; PALAEOECOLOGY; PEAT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

CANADA, (WEST);

EID: 0030617524     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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