Vegetation responses to rapid climatic changes during the last deglaciation 13,500-8,000 years ago on southwest Andøya, arctic Norway

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-35

  Aarnes, Ingelinn ^a,b   Bjune, Anne E ^b   Birks, Hilary H ^a,b   Balascio, Nicholas L ^c   Bakke, Jostein ^a,b   Blaauw, Maarten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic vegetation; Late glacial aridity; Macrofossils; Northern Norway; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BETULA; OXYRIA DIGYNA; PAPAVER; SALIX; SALIX POLARIS; SAXIFRAGA CESPITOSA; SAXIFRAGA RIVULARIS;

EID: 82255179684     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0320-4     Document Type: Article

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