A Late Quaternary palaeoecological record from the Banda Sea, Indonesia: Patterns of vegetation, climate and biomass burning in Indonesia and northern Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-143

  Van Der Kaars, Sander ^a   Wang, Xuan ^a   Kershaw, Peter ^a   Guichard, François ^b   Setiabudi, Duddy Arifin ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Marine Geology Institute   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biomass burning; Elemental carbon; Indonesia; Late Quaternary; Marine palynology; Palaeoclimate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION;

INDONESIA;

DIPTEROCARPACEAE; EUCALYPTUS; FAGACEAE; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0033959302     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00098-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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