Late Holocene vegetation changes in the Northern Pirin Mountains (southwestern Bulgaria). Palynological data from Lake Suho Breznishko and Lake Okadensko

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 447-453

  Atanassova, Juliana ^a   Stefanova, Ivanka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Holocene; Microscopic charcoal particles; Paleoecology; Pirin mountains; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

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

ABIES; ALGAE; BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUNIPERUS; PICEA; PINUS HELDREICHII; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PEUCE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PTERIDIUM;

EID: 28244469066     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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