Growth rates of Rhizocarpon geographicum lichens: A review with new data from Iceland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-320

  Bradwell, Tom ^a   Armstrong, Richard A ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Dating; Lichenometry; Rhizocarpon section Rhizocarpon

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; LICHEN; LICHENOMETRY; MORAINE;

ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

RHIZOCARPON; RHIZOCARPON GEOGRAPHICUM;

EID: 34247589773     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1058     Document Type: Review

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