Lateglacial vegetation dynamics in the eastern Baltic region between 14,500 and 11,400calyrBP: A complete record since the Bølling (GI-1e) to the Holocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-53

  Veski, Siim ^a   Amon, Leeli ^a   Heinsalu, Atko ^a   Reitalu, Triin ^a   Saarse, Leili ^a   Stivrins, Normunds ^a   Vassiljev, Jüri ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Corrosion index; Deglaciation; Lateglacial vegetation; Latvia; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CORROSION INDICES; DEGLACIATIONS; LATEGLACIAL; LATVIA; MACROFOSSILS; POLLEN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; NEEDLES; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEGLACIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALYNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SHRUB; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CLIMATES; CORROSION; FOSSILS; LATVIA; NEEDLES; PLANTS; POLLEN; SEDIMENTS;

BALTIC REGION; LATVIA;

BETULA; BETULA NANA; BETULA PENDULA; DRYAS OCTOPETALA; JUNIPERUS; PICEA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA; SALIX; SALIX POLARIS;

EID: 84859602738     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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