The Holocene palaeolimnology of Sägistalsee and its environmental history - A synthesis

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-342

  Lotter, A F ^a   Birks, H J B ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment lake interactions; Climate; Ecotones; Lake sediments; Mountain lake

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

SWITZERLAND;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; BETULA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS CEMBRA;

EID: 0142214694     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026091511403     Document Type: Article

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