A 1000-year record of forest fire, drought and lake-level change in southeastern British Columbia, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 751-761

  Hallett, Douglas J ^a,c   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a   Walker, Robert C ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Charophyte; Fire history; Lake sediments; Lake level variations; Late Holocene; Macroscopic charcoal analysis; Solar forcing

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FIRE HISTORY; FOREST FIRE; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CANADA;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHARA; CHARA GLOBULARIS; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; PICEA;

EID: 0141569593     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl660rp     Document Type: Article

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