Response of a warm temperate peatland to Holocene climate change in northeastern Pennsylvania

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-540

  Cai, Shanshan ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon accumulation; Climate change; Fossil pollen; Holocene; Peatland; Plant macrofossil; Poor fen

Indexed keywords

CARBON ACCUMULATION; FOSSIL POLLEN; HOLOCENES; PEATLAND; PLANT MACROFOSSIL; POOR FEN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FEEDBACK; LAKES; PEAT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEDIMENTOLOGY; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON SINK; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; PLANT; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; CAREX; CYPERACEAE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 79955473620     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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