The timing and nature of Late Quaternary vegetation changes in the northern Great Plains, USA and Canada: A re-assessment of the spruce phase

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 263-281

  Yansa, Catherine H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS;

LATE-GLACIAL VEGETATION; PLANT-MACROFOSSIL ANALYSIS; QUATERNARY VEGETATION; SPRUCE PHASE;

VEGETATION;

DEGLACIATION; MIGRATION; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 31944450121     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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