Biochemical evidence for minimal vegetation change in peatlands of the West Siberian Lowland during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 808-825

  Philben, Michael ^a   Kaiser, Karl ^a,b   Benner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

lignin phenols; neutral sugars; paleovegetation; peatlands

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN LOWLAND;

EID: 84902438402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JG002396     Document Type: Article

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