Long-term rates of sediment accumulation in the Tonle Sap, Cambodia: A threat to ecosystem health?

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-103

  Penny, Dan ^a   Cook, Gordon ^b   Sok, Saing Im ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Mekong River Commission   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Management; Mekong; Sedimentation; Southeast Asia; Tonle Sap

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOLOCENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12544257552     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-004-1323-2     Document Type: Article

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