Moisture and temperature changes associated with the mid-Holocene Tsuga decline in the northeastern United States

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-142

  Marsicek, Jeremiah P ^a   Shuman, Bryan ^a   Brewer, Simon ^b   Foster, David R ^c   Oswald, W Wyatt ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt change; Climatic change; Fossil pollen; Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) decline; Holocene; Lake levels; Northeastern U.S.

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; CLIMATIC CHANGES; FOSSIL POLLENS; HOLOCENES; LAKE LEVELS; NORTHEASTERN U.S; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

DROUGHT; MOISTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MOISTURE CONTENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETATION COVER;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885231470     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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