Late Quaternary record of the vegetation and catchment-related changes from Lake Paravani (Javakheti, South Caucasus)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue , 2013, Pages 125-140

  Messager, Erwan ^a   Belmecheri, Soumaya ^b   Von Grafenstein, Ulrich ^c   Nomade, Sébastien ^c   Ollivier, Vincent ^d   Voinchet, Pierre ^e   Puaud, Simon ^e   Courtin Nomade, Alexandra ^f   Guillou, Hervé ^c   Mgeladze, Ana ^g   Dumoulin, Jean Pascal ^h   Mazuy, Arnaud ^a   Lordkipanidze, David ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIF   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^g Georgian National Museum   (Georgia)

^h CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Glacial tree refugia; Holocene; Lateglacial; Local glacier; South Caucasus

Indexed keywords

CAUCASUS; CLIMATE CONDITION; EDAPHIC CONDITIONS; GLACIAL TREE REFUGIA; HOLOCENES; LAKE PRODUCTIVITIES; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; LATEGLACIAL;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

LAKES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; REFUGIUM; YOUNGER DRYAS;

DEFORESTATION; LAKES; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION;

CAUCASUS; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); PARAVANI LAKE;

EID: 84884379180     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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