Dating of seasonal snow/firn accumulation layers using pollen analysis

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 174, 2005, Pages 483-490

  Nakazawa, Fumio ^a,b   Fujita, Koji ^a   Takeuchi, Nozumu ^c   Fujiki, Toshiyuki ^a   Uetake, Jun ^d   Aizen, Vladimir ^e   Nakawo, Masayoshi ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; FIRN; POLLEN; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ABIES; ARTEMISIA; BETULACEAE; PICEA;

EID: 32644461220     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756505781829179     Document Type: Article

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