Testing the synchroneity of pollen signals using tephrostratigraphy

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 21, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 113-128

  Newnham, R M ^a   Lowe, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Holocene; New Zealand; Pollen signals; Tephrostratigraphy; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; SYNCHRONY; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032853584     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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