Plant macrofossil introduction

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2266-2288

  Birks, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

CO2 reconstruction; Macrofossil analysis technique; Paleoecology; Photographs; Plant macrofossil; Pollen; Radiocarbon dating; Representation; Salix herbacea; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079784207     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-452747-8/00215-5     Document Type: Chapter

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