Late Quaternary palaeoecological and palaeoclimatological reconstruction in the Gutaiului Mountains, northwest Romania

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 809-827

  Feurdean, Angelica ^a   Bennike, Ole ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquatic productivity; Climate; Early Holocene; Lateglacial; Macrofossils; Pollen; Romania; Vegetation changes; Water level

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ACER; ALNUS; BETULA; BETULACEAE; CORYLUS; FRAXINUS; LARIX; LARIX DECIDUA; MALVACEAE; PICEA; POPULUS; QUERCUS; SALIX; TILIA; ULMUS;

EID: 10944268638     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.872     Document Type: Article

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