Timberline fluctuations and late Quaternary paleoclimates in the Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1306-1320

  Fall, Patricia L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LATEST PLEISTOCENE; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SUBALPINE FORESTS; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; WINTER PRECIPITATION; CLIMATIC REGIMES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; HOLOCENE; MONTANE FOREST; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TREELINE; FOSSIL PLANT; MACROFOSSIL; PALAEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; QUATERNARY CLIMATE; TREE LINE;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; COLORADO; USA;

ABIES; PICEA; PINACEAE; PINUS;

EID: 0031421433     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1306:TFALQP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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