Holocene climatic and environmental change from pollen records of lakes Zempoala and Quila, central Mexican highlands

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 63-92

  Almeida Lenero, L ^a   Hooghiemstra, H ^b   Cleef, A M ^b   Van Geel, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coprophilous fungi; Environmental change; Holocene; Mexico; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

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

ABIES; ABIES RELIGIOSA; ALNUS; ALNUS JORULLENSIS; ARCEUTHOBIUM; ARTEMISIA; BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI; HEDYOSMUM; JUGLANS; PINUS HARTWEGII; PLANTAGO; QUERCUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23744438909     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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