Biological evidence of multiple temporal and spatial scales of hydrological variation in the western interior of Canada

Quaternary International

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-142

  MacDonald, Glen M ^a   Case, Roslyn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

CANADA;

EID: 0033920898     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(00)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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