Larix-Picea forests of the Last Glacial age on the eastern slope of Towada Volcano in northern Japan

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 207-222

  Noshiro, Shuichi ^a   Terada, Kazuo ^b   Tsuji, Sei Ichiro ^c   Suzuki, Mitsuo ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF JAPANESE HISTORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forests; Japan; Larix; Last glacial age; Picea

Indexed keywords

BURIED FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOSSIL PLANT; LAST GLACIAL; PLEISTOCENE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOWADA VOLCANO;

ABIES; LARIX; PICEA; PINACEAE;

EID: 0031407645     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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