Lacustrine records of post-glacial environmental change from the nulhegan basin, Vermont, USA

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 639-648

  Munroe, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake level; Nulhegan Basin; Paleolimnology; Vermont

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

NULHEGAN BASIN; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 84865197159     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2557     Document Type: Article

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