Timing of Lateglacial vegetation dynamics and respective palaeoenvironmental conditions in southern Estonia: Evidence from the sediment record of Lake Nakri

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 169-180

  Amon, Leeli ^a   Veski, Siim ^a   Heinsalu, Atko ^a   Saarse, Leili ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Corrosion index; Deglaciation; Estonia; Lateglacial pioneer vegetation; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOREAL FOREST; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; CORROSION; DEGLACIATION; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ESTONIA;

BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84856801250     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1530     Document Type: Article

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