Combining organic petrography and palynology to assess anthropogenic impacts on peatlands Part 2. An example from a Carolina Bay wetland at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 47-95

  Cohen, A D ^a   Gage, C P ^a   Moore, W S ^a   Vanpelt, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Savannah River Site   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Paleoecology; Peat; Restoration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC PETROGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PEAT; WETLANDS;

PETROGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; PETROGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033086859     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(98)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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