Temporal density of pollen sampling affects age determination of the mid-Holocene hemlock (Tsuga) decline

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-59

  Liu, Yao ^a   Brewer, Simon ^a,c   Booth, Robert K ^b   Minckley, Thomas A ^a   Jackson, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequate sampling density; Event age; Event depth; Event horizon; Hemlock (Tsuga) decline; Hemlock decline age; Mid Holocene; Sampling density; Sampling interval

Indexed keywords

EVENT AGE; EVENT DEPTH; EVENT HORIZON; HEMLOCK (TSUGA) DECLINE; HEMLOCK DECLINE AGE; MID-HOLOCENE; SAMPLING DENSITIES; SAMPLING INTERVAL;

STRATIGRAPHY;

IMPORTANCE SAMPLING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; CHRONOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; HOLOCENE; POLLEN; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRECISION; RECONSTRUCTION; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CONIUM; TSUGA;

EID: 84861463053     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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