Testate amoebae as palaeohydrological proxies in Sürmene Aǧaçbaşi Yaylasi Peatland (Northeast Turkey)

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 311-323

  Payne, Richard J ^a,d   Charman, Dan J ^b   Matthews, Sean ^b   Eastwood, Warren J ^c  

^a British School at Athens   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia Minor; Paleoclimate; Protists; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEATLAND; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

PROTISTA;

EID: 56149102750     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-42.1     Document Type: Article

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