Rapid vegetation change during the early Holocene in the Faroe Islands detected in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 615-619

  Hannon, Gina E ^a   Bradshaw, Richard H W ^b   Wastegård, Stefan ^c  

^a S Swedish Forest Research Centre   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatics; Betula nana; Faroe Islands; Rapid vegetation change; Saksunarvatn Ash

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER;

FAROE ISLANDS;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; FRAXINUS; JUNIPERUS; SALIX;

EID: 0142137706     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.783     Document Type: Article

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