Holocene vegetation and climate change recorded in alpine bog sediments from the Borreguiles de la Virgen, Sierra Nevada, southern Spain

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-53

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridification; Climate; Holocene; Mediterranean area; Pollen; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; POLLEN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DROUGHT; EUTROPHICATION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARIDIFICATION; BOG; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EUTROPHICATION; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SPAIN;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; CYPERACEAE; PEDIASTRUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84855348548     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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