Late Glacial vegetation, sedimentation and ice recession chronology in the surroundings of Lake Prossa, central Estonia;Taimestik, sedimentatsioon ja jää taandumise kronoloogia Hilis-Glatsiaalis Prossa järve ümbruses Kesk-Eestis

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 147-158

  Kihno, Kersti ^a,b   Saarse, Leili ^c   Amon, Leeli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

AMS 14C dates; Central Estonia; Grain size; Ice recession; Loss on ignition; Microfossils

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ICE; LATE GLACIAL; MICROFOSSIL; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TUNDRA; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ESTONIA; LAKE PROSSA;

ARTEMISIA; BETULA; DREPANOCLADUS; SALIX;

EID: 84860390296     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2011.3.03     Document Type: Article

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