A high-elevation Holocene pollen record from Iztaccíhuatl volcano, central Mexico

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-338

  Lozano García, Socorro ^a   Vázquez Selem, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central Mexico; Glaciation; Holocene; Pollen; Tropical mountains; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

IZTACCIHUATL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844460693     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl814rp     Document Type: Article

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