Rapid response of forested vegetation to multiple climatic oscillations during the last deglaciation in the northeastern United States

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-303

  Yu, Zicheng ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B lling Aller d period; Climate change; Fossil pollen; Lacustrine carbonate; Late glacial; Northeastern United States; Stable isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAST DEGLACIATION; LATE GLACIAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846918450     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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