Synchronous holocene climatic oscillations recorded on the Swiss plateau and at timberline in the alps

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 301-309

  Haas, Jean Nicolas ^a,d,e   Richoz, Isabelle ^b   Tinner, Willy ^c   Wick, Lucia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Musee Jardins Botaniques de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Holocene; Hydrophytes; Najas flexilis; Palaeoclimate; Plant macrofossils; Switzerland; Timberline

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; TIMBER TRADE;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

LARIX; NAJAS FLEXILIS; PINUS CEMBRA; ROMAN;

EID: 0031838714     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398675491173     Document Type: Article

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