A 200-year paleoecological record of Pinus virginiana, trace metals, sedimentation, and mining disturbance in a Maryland serpentine barren

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-271

  Hilgartner, William ^a   Nejako, Mark ^b   Casey, Ryan ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium dating; Macrofossils; Mining disturbance; Pinus virginiana; Sedimentation rates; Serpentine barren; Soldiers Delight history

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHROMITE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATING METHOD; DISTURBANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORICAL RECORD; MINING; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SERPENTINE; SOIL DEPTH; SUCCESSION; TRACE METAL; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 69849102303     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/08-RA-088.1     Document Type: Article

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