Late Glacial and Holocene vegetation history and paleoclimate of the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 179-201

  Weng, Chengyu ^a   Jackson, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Colorado Plateau; Holocene; Late Glacial; Paleoclimate; Paleoecology; Palynology; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA PUNGENS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0033568106     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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