Late Quaternary vegetation and climate history of the central Bering land bridge from St. Michael Island, western Alaska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-32

  Ager, Thomas A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Central Beringia; Land bridge; Paleoclimates; Paleoecology; Pollen

Indexed keywords

LAND BRIDGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ALASKA; ST. MICHAEL ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS CRISPA; BETULA NANA; BETULACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; ERICALES; PICEA; POACEAE; POPULUS; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SALIX;

EID: 0042028573     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00068-1     Document Type: Article

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