Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) declines at 9800 and 5300 cal. yr BP caused by Holocene climatic shifts in northeastern North America

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 877-886

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^b   Zhao, Cheng ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climatic change; fossil pollen; hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) decline; Holocene; Lake Grinnell; northeastern North America

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENE; NEW RECORD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

APPALACHIANS; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ALNUS; BETULA; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CONIUM; FAGUS; PICEA; QUERCUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; ULMUS;

EID: 77956083818     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610365932     Document Type: Article

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