Maize pollen deposition in modern lake sediments: A case study from Northeastern Wisconsin

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 177-187

  Lane, Chad S ^a   Cummings, Katherine E ^a   Clark, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; maize; pollen; Wisconsin; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; BUFFER ZONE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND USE; MAIZE; MORPHOMETRY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PREHISTORIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76349086894     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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