Peatland initiation during the holocene in continental western Canada

Climatic Change

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-342

  Halsey, Linda A ^a   Vitt, Dale H ^a   Bauer, Ilka E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GCM; Holocene; Palcoecology; Peatland; Pollen; Western Canada

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PEATLAND;

CANADA;

CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031718758     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005425124749     Document Type: Article

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