A contribution to the late Holocene vegetation history of the northern Pirin Mountain, southwestern Bulgaria: Palynological study and radiocarbon dating of Lake Muratovo

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-247

  Bozilova, Elissaveta ^a   Jüngner, Högne ^b   Atanassova, Juliana ^a   Tonkov, Spassimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Lake Muratovo; Northern Pirin Mountain; Pollen analysis; Radiocarbon dating; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LAKE; HISTORICAL TIME (HUMAN HISTORY); HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBBOREAL; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; PIRIN MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; JUNIPERUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS HELDREICHII; PINUS MUGO; PINUS PEUCE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33748089682     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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