Late Wisconsin and Holocene subalpine forests of the Markagunt Plateau of Utah, southwestern Colorado Plateau, U.S.A.

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 366-378

  Anderson, R Scott ^a   Hasbargen, Jim ^a,b   Koehler, Peter A ^a,c   Feiler, Eric J ^a,d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c PaleoCultural Research Group ^*  (United States)

^d PaleoCultural Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; WISCONSINAN;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS ENGELMANNII; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0033371528     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1552585     Document Type: Article

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