A diatom record of late Holocene climate variation in the northern range of Yellowstone National Park, USA

Quaternary International

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-155

  Bracht, Brandi B ^a   Stone, Jeffery R ^a   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL; MIXING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA BODANICA; CYCLOTELLA MICHIGANIANA; STEPHANODISCUS MINUTULUS; SYNEDRA TENERA;

EID: 48649106986     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.043     Document Type: Article

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