Late Quaternary climate change in eastern North America: A comparison of pollen-derived estimates with climate model results

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 587-606

  Webb III, Thompson ^a   Anderson, Katherine H ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^c   Webb, Robert S ^b,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031903103     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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