Millennial-scale vegetation changes during the last 40,000yr based on a pollen record from Lake Biwa, Japan

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-99

  Hayashi, Ryoma ^a   Takahara, Hikaru ^a   Hayashida, Akira ^b   Takemura, Keiji ^c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charcoal record; D O cycles; East Asian monsoon; Lake Biwa; Millennial scale vegetation change; Pollen record

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS TREE; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BIWA LAKE; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; PICEA; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 77954029543     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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