Ecosystem development in the girdwood area, south-central Alaska, following late Wisconsin glaciation

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 971-985

  Ager, T A ^a   Carrara, P E ^a   Mcgeehin, J P ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETULA NEOALASKANA; COASTAL FOREST; COOK INLET; ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; GLACIAL ADVANCES; GLACIAL ICE; POLLEN ANALYSIS; POLLEN DATA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; SITKA SPRUCE; TUNDRA VEGETATION; WISCONSIN;

FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PEAT;

VEGETATION;

COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FERN; GLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; HERB; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHRUB; SILTY CLAY; SWAMP FOREST; TUNDRA; WISCONSINAN;

ECOSYSTEMS; FERNS; FORESTRY; PEAT; PLANTS; POLLEN; SHRUBS;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; BETULA NANA; BETULA NEOALASKANA; ERICALES; FILICOPHYTA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; POLYPODIACEAE; SALIX; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 77954904489     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-020     Document Type: Article

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