Late-glacial vegetation dynamics of the Queen Charlotte Islands and adjacent continental shelf, British Columbia, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 36-57

  Lacourse, Terri ^a   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a   Fedje, Daryl W ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer stomata; Continental shelf; Late Quaternary; Pollen analysis; Queen Charlotte Islands; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; ALNUS CRISPA; BETULACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; EMPETRUM NIGRUM; PEDIASTRUM; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS CONTORTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; SALIX; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 24344472536     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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