Modern pollen analysis in caves at the Patagonian steppe, Argentina

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 335-343

  De Porras, María Eugenia ^a   Mancini, María Virginia ^a   Prieto, Aldo Raúl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caves; Patagonian steppe; Pollen; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; DISTURBANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMOGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROCLIMATE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; POLLINATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STEPPE; TAPHONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960956048     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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