Records of aquatic pollen and sediment properties as indicators of late-Quaternary Alaskan lake levels

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-68

  Edwards, Mary E ^a,b   Bigelow, Nancy H ^a   Finney, Bruce P ^a   Eisner, Wendy R ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aquatic pollen; Lake levels; Lake sediments; Late Quaternary

Indexed keywords

LAKE LEVEL; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033880675     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008117816612     Document Type: Article

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