A 7000-year record of environmental change, Bear Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, USA

Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 438-456

  Caffrey, Maria ^a   Doerner, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; fire; macroscopic charcoal; magnetic susceptibility; pollen; Rocky Mountain National Park; subalpine

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

BEAR LAKE; COLORADO; ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867821924     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.33.5.438     Document Type: Article

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