A record of Lateglacial and early Holocene environmental and ecological change from southwestern Connecticut, USA

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 553-556

  Wyatt Oswald, W ^a,b   Foster, David R ^b   Doughty, Elaine D ^b   Faison, Edward K ^b,c  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Highstead   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lateglacial; New England; Palaeoecology; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CONNECTICUT; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; MYRICA GALE; MYRICACEAE; PICEA; PINUS STROBUS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 70349312479     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1299     Document Type: Article

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