Non-pollen palynomorphs from surface sediments along an altitudinal transect of the Venezuelan Andes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-183

  Montoya, E ^a,b   Rull, V ^a   van Geel, B ^c  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Altitudinal transect; Andes; Modern analogs; Non pollen palynomorphs; Sample type; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; FUNGUS; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SAMPLING; SPORE;

ANDES; VENEZUELA;

ALGAE; FUNGI;

EID: 77956876801     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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