Late Quaternary paleoenvironments of an ephemeral wetland in North Dakota, USA: Relative interactions of ground-water hydrology and climate change

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 441-457

  Yansa, Catherine H ^a   Dean, Walter E ^b   Murphy, Edward C ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c North Dakota Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Geochemistry; Ground water; North Dakota; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 34548590184     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9079-5     Document Type: Article

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