A 370,000-year record of vegetation and fire history around Lake Titicaca (Bolivia/Peru)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 201-214

  Hanselman, Jennifer A ^a   Bush, Mark B ^a   Gosling, William D ^a   Collins, Aaron ^a   Knox, Christopher ^a   Baker, Paul A ^b   Fritz, Sheri C ^c  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Climate change; Fire; Fossil charcoal; Fossil pollen; Interglacial

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; FIRE HISTORY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; INTERGLACIAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; LAKE TITICACA; PERU;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955481503     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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