Calibrating grass phytolith assemblages in climatic terms: Application to late Pleistocene assemblages from Kansas and Nebraska

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 199-211

  Fredlund, Glen G ^a   Tieszen, Larry L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Climate change; Grasslands; North America; Phytoliths; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

GRASS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PHYOLITH; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION;

USA, KANSAS; USA, NEBRASKA;

EID: 0031449824     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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