Late quaternary vegetation change in the Tari Basin, Papua New Guinea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-24

  Haberle, Simon G ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Fire; Late Quaternary; New Guinea; Palynology; Tephra

Indexed keywords

FOREST CLEARANCE; MONTANE FOREST; PALAEOCLIMATE CHANGE; QUATERNARY VEGETATION; SEDIMENT HISTORY; SWAMP FOREST; VEGETATION CHANGE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TARI BASIN;

CASTANOPSIS; CONVOLVULACEAE; DACRYDIUM; FAGACEAE; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MYRTACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; PANDANACEAE; PANDANUS; PODOCARPACEAE;

EID: 0032006569     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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