Vegetation, climate, and fire during the late-glacial-Holocene transition at Spruce Pond, Hudson Highlands, southeastern New York, USA

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-24

  Maenza Gmelch, Terryanne E ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dating; Fire; Late glacial Holocene transition; New York; Pollen and plant macrofossils

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ALNUS; BETULA; BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; CYPERACEAE; FRAXINUS; OSTRYA; PICEA; PINUS STROBUS; POACEAE; QUERCUS; SALIX; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

FIRE HISTORY; LATE GLACIAL/HOLOCENE TRANSITION; PALAEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

USA, NEW YORK, HUDSON HIGHLANDS, SPRUCE POND;

EID: 0031466138     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199701/02)12:1<15::aid-jqs283>3.0.co;2-t     Document Type: Article

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