Palaeoecological significance of the spores of the liverwort Riella (Riellaceae) in a late Pleistocene long pollen record from the hypersaline Lake Urmia, NW Iran

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 66-73

  Djamali, Morteza ^a   Kürschner, Harald ^b   Akhani, Hossein ^c   de Beaulieu, Jacques Louis ^a   Amini, Abdolhossein ^d   Andrieu Ponel, Valérie ^a   Ponel, Philippe ^a   Stevens, Lora ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c University of Rehabilitation Sciences   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Urmia; long pollen record; palaeoecological indicator; Riella; spore

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOLOCENE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIATION; LIVERWORT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPORE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; LAKE URMIA; MIDDLE EAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RIELLA; RIELLACEAE;

EID: 53249117640     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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