Palaeoclimate, chronology and vegetation history of the Weichselian lateglacial: Comparative analysis of data from three cores at Lago Grande di Monticchio, southern Italy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 945-960

  Huntley, B ^a   Watts, W A ^b   Allen, J R M ^a   Zolitschka, B ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c GeoForshungsZentrum Postdam ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION HISTORY; WEICHSELIAN;

ITALY;

EID: 0033153479     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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