A high-resolution marine palynological record from the central mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada: Evidence for a mid-late Holocene dry climate interval

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 75, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 62-78

  Galloway, Jennifer M ^a   Babalola, Lameed O ^a   Patterson, R Timothy ^a   Roe, Helen M ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aleutian Low pressure system; Climate change; Coastal Western Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone; Late Holocene; Marine palynology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIATOM; DRY SEASON; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRESERVATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION COVER;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FREDERICK SOUND; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CONIUM; CUPRESSACEAE; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 77953285975     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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