An analysis of phytolith assemblages for the quantitative reconstruction of late Quaternary environments of the Lower Taieri Plain, Otago, South Island, New Zealand I. Modern assemblages and transfer functions

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 393-413

  Prebble, Matiu ^a   Schallenberg, Marc ^b   Carter, John ^a   Shulmeister, James ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Linear response models; Modern training sets; New Zealand; Otago; Phytoliths; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

PHYTOLITH; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

NEW ZEALAND;

MUS;

EID: 0036396265     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020318803497     Document Type: Article

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