The sedimentary sequence from the Lake Ķūži outcrop, central Latvia: Implications for late glacial stratigraphy

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Koff, Tiiu ^a   Terasmaa, Jaanus ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Late glacial; Latvia; Palynostratigraphy; Plant macrofossils; Vidzeme Heights

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIAL; LITHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VEGETATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

LAKE KUZI; LATVIA; VIDZEME;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETULA NANA; BOTRYOCOCCUS; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CYPERACEAE; EQUISETUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM; PEDIASTRUM BORYANUM; POTAMOGETON;

EID: 79957449629     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2011.2.05     Document Type: Article

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