A high-resolution record of climate, vegetation, and fire in the mixed Conifer forest of Northern Colorado, USA

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 240-254

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a,b,c   Anderson, R Scott ^b   Atudorei, Viorel ^c   Toney, Jaime L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CLIMATE COOLING; CLIMATE RECORD; CLIMATIC TRENDS; COLORADO , USA; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION; FIRE HISTORY; GLACIAL PERIOD; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PROXY RECORDS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEDIMENT CORE; SOLAR CYCLE; STRONG CORRELATION; TELECONNECTIONS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WARM CONDITIONS; WINTER PRECIPITATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CHARCOAL; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON;

VEGETATION;

ALLEROD; BOLLING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE HISTORY; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MIXED FOREST; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 79251489115     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30240.1     Document Type: Article

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