Reconstruction of the late Pleistocene grassland of the Columbia Basin, Washington, USA, based on phytolith records in loess

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 77-101

  Blinnikov, Mikhail ^a   Busacca, Alan ^b   Whitlock, Cathy ^c  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia Plateau; Grasslands; Modern analogs; Paleoecology; Phytoliths; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; PLEISTOCENE;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ARTEMISIA; CICADA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; FESTUCA; KOELERIA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS PONDEROSA; POA; STIPA;

EID: 0037022033     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(01)00353-4     Document Type: Article

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