Pollen-inferred palaeoclimate reconstruction in the Alps during the Lateglacial and the early Holocene: How to estimate the effect of elevation and local parameters

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 651-661

  Ortu, Elena ^a,b   David, Fernand ^c   Peyron, Odile ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

French Alps; Lapse rates; Modern analogue technique; Palaeoclimate reconstruction; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ELEVATION; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALPS; BELLEDONNE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES;

ACER; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 78650181530     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1335     Document Type: Article

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