Postglacial vegetation and climate dynamics in the Seymour-Belize Inlet Complex, central coastal British Columbia, Canada: Palynological evidence from Tiny Lake

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 322-335

  Galloway, Jennifer M ^a,c   Doherty, Christine T ^b   Patterson, R Timothy ^a   Roe, Helen M ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Palaeoclimatology; Palaeoecology; Palynology

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; RAINFOREST; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BELIZE INLET; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ALNUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 66249087650     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1232     Document Type: Article

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