Pollen and plant macrofossil analyses of radiocarbon dated mid-Holocene profiles from two subalpine lakes in the Rila Mountains, Bulgaria

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 663-671

  Tonkov, Spassimir ^a   Marinova, Elena ^a  

^a Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; mid Holocene; Palaeovegetation; Plant macrofossils; Pollen analysis; Rila Mountains; Subalpine lakes

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BULGARIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RILA MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CORYLUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS MONTANA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PEUCE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCETUM;

EID: 22544487533     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl842rp     Document Type: Article

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