A 19,000-year vegetation and climate record for Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 450, Issue , 2009, Pages 217-227

  Doner, Lisa A ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LAKES; VEGETATION;

BASIN AND RANGE; CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE RECORD; LATE HOLOCENE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; VEGETATION CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE FORCING; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BEAR LAKE; IDAHO; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 75449116120     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2009.2450(09)     Document Type: Article

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