An enigmatic carbonate layer in Everglades tree island peats

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Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 117-118

  Graf, Maria Theresia ^a   Schwadron, Margo ^b   Stone, Peter A ^c   Ross, Michael ^d   Chmura, Gail L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control   (Colombia)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEDROCK; CARBONATE ROCK; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEAT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SHARK RIVER SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549150246     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008EO120001     Document Type: Article

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