Early-holocene vegetation of northern Iceland: Pollen and plant macrofossil evidence from the Skagi peninsula

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 553-564

  Rundgren, Mats ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Early Holocene; Iceland; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Tundra vegetation; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ICELAND; SKAGI;

BETULA NANA; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; OXYRIA DIGYNA; POACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 0031742090     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398669995117     Document Type: Article

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