Holocene vegetation, climate, and fire history of the Hudson Highlands, southeastern New York, USA

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-37

  Maenza Gmelch, Terryanne E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dating; climatic history; fire; Holocene; New York; plant macrofossils; pollen; vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HOLOCENE VEGETATION; HOLOCENE VEGTATION; HUMAN IMPACT;

USA, NEW YORK, HUDSON HIGHLANDS;

EID: 0030620941     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700103     Document Type: Article

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