Holocene Tree Line and Climate Change on the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-99

  Pellatt, Marlow G ^a   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HOLOCENE VEGETATION; PALAEOCLIMATE; TREELINE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 0031413673     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1903     Document Type: Article

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