Sedimentary evolution and persistence of open forests between the south-eastern Alpine fringe and the Northern Dinarides during the Last Glacial Maximum

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 436, Issue , 2015, Pages 23-40

  Monegato, G ^a   Ravazzi, C ^a   Culiberg, M ^b   Pini, R ^a   Bavec, M ^c   Calderoni, G ^a,d   Jez J ^c   Perego, R ^e  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Boreal forest; Dinarides; Fluvial dynamics; LGM; Tree refugia; Vegetation ecology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BOREAL FOREST; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; FOSSIL RECORD; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROFOSSIL; MOUNTAIN REGION; OPEN SPACE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERSISTENCE; TREE; AGGRADATION; BEDROCK; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; OUTWASH; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; REFUGIUM;

ALPS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; SLOVENIA;

LARIX; PICEA; PINUS CEMBRA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84937001561     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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