Vegetation response to southern California drought during the Medieval Climate Anomaly and early Little Ice Age (AD 800-1600)

Quaternary International

Volumn 387, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-35

  Heusser, Linda E ^a   Hendy, Ingrid L ^b   Barron, John A ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Little Ice Age; Medieval warm; Pollen; Santa Barbara Basin; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; UPWELLING; VEGETATION TYPE;

CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SANTA BARBARA BASIN;

ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84928977409     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

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