A lacustrine record of early Holocene watershed events and vegetation history, Corvara in Badia, Dolomites (Italy)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-189

  Borgatti, Lisa ^a   Ravazzi, Cesare ^b   Donegana, Marta ^b   Corsini, Alessandro ^a   Marchetti, Mauro ^a   Soldati, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dolomites; Holocene lacustrine record; Italy; Landslide events; Long term vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; LANDSLIDE; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; TAPHONOMY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATERSHED;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33847210002     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1039     Document Type: Article

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