Younger Dryas cold stage vegetation patterns of central Europe - climate, soil and relief controls

Boreas

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-407

  Theuerkauf, Martin ^a   Joosten, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST; PLEISTOCENE; RELIEF; SOIL; STEPPE; SUBSTRATE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GERMANY;

ARTEMISIA; BOREAS; POACEAE;

EID: 84859622054     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2011.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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