A 36,000-yr vegetation history from the Peloncillo Mountains, southeastern Arizona, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 405-422

  Holmgren, Camille A ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Rylander, Kate A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chihuahuan Desert; Holocene; Macrofossils; Packrat middens; Pleistocene; Pollen

Indexed keywords

DESERT; FLOWERING; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; POLLEN; VEGETATION HISTORY; WET SEASON;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; PELONCILLO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COAHUILENSIS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS; POACEAE; QUERCUS TURBINELLA; SIMMONDSIA; SIMMONDSIA CHINENSIS;

EID: 33748936317     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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