Stable carbon isotope ratios in lake and swamp sediments as a proxy for prehistoric forest clearance and crop cultivation in the Neotropics

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-381

  Lane, Chad S ^a   Horn, Sally P ^a   Mora, Claudia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 C4; Forest clearance; Lake sediments; Prehistoric agriculture; Stable carbon isotopes; Zea mays subsp. mays

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOREST CLEARANCE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENT CORE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LAGUNA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 12344283175     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-004-0259-x     Document Type: Article

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