A 4300 year palynological and sedimentological record of environmental change and human impact from Wharau Road Swamp, Northland, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-418

  Elliot, M B ^a   Striewski, B ^a   Flenley, J R ^a   Kirkman, J H ^a   Sutton, D G ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agathis australis Dacrydium cupressinum Pteridium esculentum; Charcoal; Climate change; Forest clearance; Holocene; Palynology; Pollen diagram; Sedimentology; Wharau Road Swamp

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST CLEARANCE; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN DIAGRAM; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, NORTHLAND, WHARAU ROAD SWAMP;

EID: 0031411327     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1997.9517545     Document Type: Article

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