Holocene environmental change in southwestern Crimea (Ukraine) in pollen and soil records

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 263-277

  Cordova, Carlos E ^a   Lehman, Paul H ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient Greek farming; Black Sea; Chernozem; Cinnamonic soils; Crimea; Holocene; Mediterranean flora; Palaeoenvironments; Pollen

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

CRIMEA; EASTERN EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA; CARPINUS; CORYLUS; KNAUTIA; QUERCUS; ULMUS;

EID: 15944361930     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl791rp     Document Type: Article

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