Deglaciation and postglacial treeline fluctuation in the northern San Juan mountains, Colorado

US Geological Survey Professional Paper

Volumn , Issue 1782, 2011, Pages 1-58

  Carrara, Paul E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANNUAL RING; DEGLACIATIONS; DEUTERIUM ANALYSIS; GLACIER ICE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; HOLOCENES; KRUMMHOLZ; LARGE PARTS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; RADIOCARBON AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RADIOCARBON METHOD; RIVER VALLEY; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; SUMMER MONSOON; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TERMINAL POSITION; TREELINE; UNDERGROUND MINE; WOOD SAMPLES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEUTERIUM; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEGLACIATION; DEUTERIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWING SEASON; HOLOCENE; INSECT; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOCARBON DATING; SNOW COVER; SUBFOSSIL; TREE RING; TREELINE; WARMING; WOOD; YOUNGER DRYAS;

COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; PICEA;

EID: 84863548186     PISSN: 10449612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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