Holocene sedimentary and environmental history of an in-channel wetland along the ecotone of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert grasslands

Quaternary International

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Minckley, Thomas A ^a   Brunelle, Andrea ^b   Blissett, Shawn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION HISTORY; WETLAND;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA;

POACEAE;

EID: 79952188219     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.031     Document Type: Article

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