Explanations for palaeoecological changes on the northern plains of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands: The last 3200 years

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-338

  Haberle, Simon ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catastrophic events; charcoal; ENSO; Guadalcanal; human impact; Pollen; Solomon Islands; vegetation history

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; NATURAL DISASTER; VEGETATION CHANGE;

SOLOMON ISLANDS, GUADALCANAL;

EID: 0029660812     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600307     Document Type: Article

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