Holocene environments reconstructed from plant macrofossils in stream deposits from southeastern Nebraska, USA

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 357-365

  Baker, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Plains; Holocene; Nebraska; Paleoecology; Plant macrofossils; Prairie; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLANT; RECONSTRUCTION;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0034053579     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300676039397     Document Type: Article

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