Late Pleistocene and Holocene environments of the Southeastern United States from the stratigraphy and pollen content of a peat deposit on the Georgia Coastal Plain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 300-312

  LaMoreaux, Heidi K ^a   Brook, George A ^b   Knox, John A ^b  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Holocene; Paleoclimate; Pleistocene; Pollen; Southeastern United States

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; AGGRADATION; CHARCOAL; COASTAL PLAIN; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COOLING; FOREST FIRE; GRASSLAND; GROUNDWATER; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVEL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; PICEA; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 69049105272     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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