Holocene climatic and human influences on lakes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: An interdisciplinary, palaeolimnological approach

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-287

  Whitmore, Thomas J ^a   Brenner, Mark ^a   Curtis, Jason H ^a   Dahlin, Bruce H ^b   Leyden, Barbara W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; diatoms; Maya; stable isotopes; Yucatan

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN OCCUPATION; LAKE LEVEL; LAND CLEARANCE; MAYAN CIVILIZATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

MEXICO, YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0029660809     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600303     Document Type: Article

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