Palaeohydrology, vegetation, and climate since the late Illinois Episode (~130 ka) in south-central Illinois

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 59-81

  Curry, B Brandon ^a   Baker, Richard G ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ostracodes; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoecology; Palaeohydrology; Sangamon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; AMBROSIA; CANDONA CAUDATA; CAUDATA; FAGUS; GEOCHELONE; GEOCHELONE CRASSISCUTATA; HETEROCYPRIS; HETEROCYPRIS PUNCTATA; LIMNOCYTHERE FRIABILIS; LIQUIDAMBAR; OSTRACODA; PELOCYPRIS; PICEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033959444     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00094-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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