Holocene high-altitude vegetation dynamics in the Pyrenees: A pedoanthracology contribution to an interdisciplinary approach

Quaternary International

Volumn 289, Issue , 2013, Pages 60-70

  Cunill, Raquel ^a,c   Soriano, Joan Manuel ^a   Bal, Marie Claude ^b   Pèlachs, Albert ^a   Rodriguez, Josep Manel ^a   Pérez Obiol, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines   (France)

^c GEODE UMR 5602 CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOIL PROFILE; TREELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

PYRENEES;

EID: 84874494539     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.041     Document Type: Article

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