Plant macrofossil methods and studies | Mire and peat macros

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2315-2336

  Mauquoy, D ^a   Van Geel, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fen; Holocene; Mire development; Paleoecology; Peat stratigraphy; Plant macrofossils; Raised peat bog; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079777844     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00229-5     Document Type: Chapter

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