Late-glacial to early Holocene climate changes from a central Appalachian pollen and macrofossil record

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-147

  Kneller, Margaret ^a   Peteet, Dorothy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Appalachian Mountains; Holocene; Late glacial; Macrofossils; Pollen; Virginia; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 0033002265     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2026     Document Type: Article

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