Holocene environmental history and evolution of a tidal salt marsh in San Francisco Bay, California

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1126-1137

  Goman, M ^a   Malamud Roam, F ^b   Ingram, B L ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene climate; Iron; Lead; Marsh development; Pollen; Sea level rise; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; EVOLUTION; FLOOD; HOLOCENE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALYNOLOGY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN PABLO BAY; UNITED STATES;

SALICORNIA VIRGINICA;

EID: 53549104419     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08A-0005.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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