Holocene stratigraphy of Cobweb Swamp, a Maya wetland in northern Belize

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 883-891

  Jacob, J S ^a,b   Hallmark, C T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fugro Geoteam Limited   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; DEFORESTATION; FERTILIZERS; LAKES; LIME; PEAT; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; EARLY HOLOCENE; EMERGENT VEGETATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LATEST PLEISTOCENE; MAYA CIVILIZATION; SHALLOWER WATER; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; FRESH WATER; HOLOCENES; MOST LIKELY;

WETLANDS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; DEFORESTATION; DEGLACIATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; KARSTIFICATION; LAGOON; LIMESTONE; MARL; PLEISTOCENE; SHALLOW WATER; SWAMP; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE STRATIGRAPHY; MAYA CIVILIZATION; MAYAN CIVILIZATION; PEAT; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; BELIZE; COBWEB SWAMP; COLHA; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 0030432251     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<0883:HSOCSA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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