Vegetation and climate history during the late Pleistocene and early Holocene inferred from pollen record in Gwangju area, South Korea

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Chung, Chull Hwan ^a   Lim, Hyoun Soo ^b   Lee, Heon Jong ^c  

^a Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

KWANGJU [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

ARTEMISIA; FILICOPHYTA; LEPIDOBALANUS; POACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 77957364201     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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