A mutual climatic range method for reconstructing palaeoclimate from plant remains

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-396

  Sinka, K J ^a,b   Atkinson, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Palaeoclimatology; Plants; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032896547     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.2.0381     Document Type: Article

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