Holocene environmental history inferred from pollen assemblages in the Huanghe (Yellow River) delta, China: Climatic change and human impact

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 5-7, 2003, Pages 609-628

  Yi, Sangheon ^a,d   Saito, Yoshiki ^a   Oshima, Hideaki ^b   Zhou, Yongqing ^c   Wei, Helong ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Palynosurvey Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY   (China)

^d Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; DRAINAGE;

POLLEN ASSEMBLAGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

BOREHOLE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATES; CULTIVATION; POLLEN;

CHINA;

ARTEMISIA;

EID: 0037342150     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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