Lateglacial and early Holocene vegetation and climate gradients in the Nordfjord-Ålesund area, western Norway

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 783-798

  Birks, Hilary H ^a   Van Dinter, Marieke ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ADC Archeoprojecten   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HOLOCENE; INTERSTADIAL; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NORDFJORDEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

BETULA NANA; BETULA PUBESCENS; SALIX; SALIX HERBACEA;

EID: 78649548061     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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