Late Quaternary vegetation of Chukotka (Northeast Russia), implications for Glacial and Holocene environments of Beringia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-128

  Anderson, Patricia M ^a   Lozhkin, Anatoly V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Russian Academy of Sciences   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Beringia; Chukotka; Plant macrofossils; Pollen; Postglacial thermal maximum; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

BERINGIA; CHUKOTKA; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; POLLEN; THERMAL MAXIMA; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; SHRUB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BERING ISLAND; CHUKCHI; KAMCHATKA; KOMANDORSKI ISLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84909606143     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.10.016     Document Type: Article

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