Paleoecology of a Northern Michigan Lake and the relationship among climate, vegetation, and Great Lakes water levels

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 120-130

  Booth, Robert K ^a   Jackson, Stephen T ^a   Thompson, Todd A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algoma; Betula alleghaniensis; Dry period; Great Lakes water levels; Holocene climate; Nipissing I; Nipissing II; Paleoecology; Paleohydrology; Upper Michigan

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GREAT LAKES; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; SPHAGNUM; TSUGA;

EID: 0036462245     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2288     Document Type: Article

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