Calibrating the pollen signal in modern rodent middens from northern Chile to improve the interpretation of the late Quaternary midden record

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-311

  de Porras, María Eugenia ^a   Maldonado, Antonio ^a,b,c   Zamora Allendes, Andrés ^a,c,d   Latorre, Claudio ^d,e  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Northern Chile; Rodent middens; Vegetation pollen calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION;

BIOGENIC ORIGINS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; LATE QUATERNARY; NORTHERN CHILE; POLLEN ASSEMBLAGE; RODENT MIDDENS; VEGETATION COMPOSITION; VEGETATION PATTERN;

VEGETATION;

CALIBRATION; MIDDEN; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; RODENT; VEGETATION;

CHILE;

RODENTIA;

EID: 84951780626     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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