Late glacial multiproxy evidence of vegetation development and environmental change at Solova, southeastern Estonia

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-163

  Amon, Leeli ^a   Heinsalu, Atko ^a   Veski, Siim ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Deglaciation; Diatoms; Estonia; Geochronology; Late glacial; Plant macrofossils

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HIATUS; LATE GLACIAL; MACROPHYTE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ESTONIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULA NANA; BETULA PENDULA; CAREX; CONIFEROPHYTA; DRYAS OCTOPETALA; JUNCUS; SAXIFRAGA;

EID: 77952912543     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2010.2.05     Document Type: Article

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