Stratigraphy, age, and flora of the Southport forest bed, Southeastern Wisconsin

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 538-547

  Schneider, Allan F ^a   Leavitt, Steven W ^b   Lange, Todd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreal assemblage; Holocene; Lake Michigan; Nipissing; Radiocarbon dates; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LAKE MICHIGAN; NIPISSING; RADIOCARBON DATES;

HARDWOODS; PHOTOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

LAKES;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHORELINE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATES; HARDWOODS; LAKES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SAMPLES;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; KENOSHA COUNTY; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; QUERCUS; SANDER; ULMUS;

EID: 70350749426     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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