Last glacial-interglacial environments in the southern Rocky Mountains, USA and implications for Younger Dryas-age human occupation

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-103

  Briles, Christy E ^a   Whitlock, Cathy ^b   Meltzer, David J ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Folsom age Paleoindians; Last glacial interglacial transition; Vegetation and fire history; Younger Dryas Chronozone

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; ARID CONDITIONS; CONTINENTAL US; FIRE ACTIVITY; FIRE HISTORY; FOLSOM-AGE PALEOINDIANS; GLACIAL INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENES; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEDIMENT CORE; WINTER SNOWPACK; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHARCOAL; FIRES; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; SEDIMENT CORE; SNOWPACK; VEGETATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CHARCOAL; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; MOUNTAINS; PLANTS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; USA;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

LILIUM; PICEA;

EID: 84855341394     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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