Paleoclimatic implication of buried peat layers in a subalpine snowpatch grassland on Mt. Zarumori, northern Japan

Catena

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 53-65

  Zorbas, Yan G ^a   Kakurin, Vassily J ^a   Afonin, Victor B ^b   Yarullin, Vladimir L ^b,c  

^a Higher Institute of Biochemistry   (Belarus)

^b Hypokinetic Physiology Laboratory Athens   (Greece)

^c European Foundation of Environmental Sciences   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buried peat layer; Medieval Warm Period; Mountain climate; Snowpatch; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; SNOW COVER;

JAPAN;

EID: 0036605889     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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