Vegetation history along the eastern, desert escarpment of the Sierra San Pedro , Baja California, Mexico

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-657

  Holmgren, Camille A ^a   Betancourt, Julio L ^b   Rylander, Kate A ^b  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Monsoon; Packrat midden; Pleistocene; Sierra San Pedro M rti; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; MONSOON; PACKRAT MIDDENS; PLEISTOCENE; SONORAN DESERT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VEGETATION;

RAIN;

DESERT; ECOTONE; ESCARPMENT; FLORA; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SIERRA SAN PEDRO MARTIR NATIONAL PARK; SONORAN DESERT;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS CALIFORNICA; PINUS CALIFORNIARUM; POACEAE;

EID: 79955463838     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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