Pollen evidence of early human activities in Erhai basin, Yunnan Province

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 568-576

  Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Shen, Ji ^a   Jones, Richard T ^b   Wang, Sumin ^a   Tong, Guobang ^c   Zhang, Zhenke ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CAGS   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Erhai Lake; Evidence of human activities; Pollen; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749679595     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03WD0240     Document Type: Article

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