Late quaternary paleoenvironments of the White River Plateau, Colorado, U.S.A.

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-62

  Feiler, Eric J ^a   Scott Anderson, R ^a   Koehler, Peter A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROFOSSIL; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION REGIME; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

USA, COLORADO, WHITE RIVER PLATEAU;

EID: 0030620096     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551836     Document Type: Article

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