Postglacial vegetation, climate, and fire history along the east side of the Andes (lat 41-42.5°S), Argentina

Quaternary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-201

  Whitlock, Cathy ^a   Bianchi, Maria Martha ^b   Bartlein, Patrick J ^c   Markgraf, Vera ^d   Marlon, Jennifer ^c   Walsh, Megan ^c   McCoy, Neil ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Charcoal analysis; Fire history; Late glacial and Holocene; Northern patagonia environmental history; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

FIRE HISTORY; FOREST-STEPPE; HOLOCENE; MIXED FOREST; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AUSTROCEDRUS; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 33749683208     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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