Palynostratigraphy of the last centuries in Switzerland based on 23 lake and mire deposits: Chronostratigraphic pollen markers, regional patterns, and local histories

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 85-142

  van der Knaap, W O ^a   van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F N ^a   Fankhauser, Andreas ^a   Ammann, Brigitta ^a  

^a Geobotanical Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High resolution; Late Holocene; Palaeoecology; Palynology; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

SWITZERLAND;

ABIES; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; AMBROSIA; BETULA; CANNABIS SATIVA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MERCURIALIS ANNUA; OSTRYA;

EID: 0034006980     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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