Pollen and macrofossil evidence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene treeline fluctuations from an alpine lake in Colorado, USA

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-77

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate; Colorado; macrofossil analysis; Picea engelmannii; Pinus aristata; pollen analysis; treeline fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE; STEPPE; TREELINE; TUNDRA; YOUNGER DRYAS;

COLORADO; KITE LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ARTEMISIA; PICEA; PICEA CONTORTA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS ARISTATA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 84871372236     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612450199     Document Type: Article

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