Agriculture and environmental change at Qingpu, Yangtze delta region, China: A biomarker, stable isotope and palynological approach

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 507-515

  Atahan, Pia ^a   Grice, Kliti ^b   Dodson, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biomarkers; China; Late Holocene; Neolithic; Pollen; Rice; Stable isotopes; Yangtze delta

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; BIOMARKER; DATING METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIPHYTE; FOREST CLEARANCE; ISOPRENOID; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; RICE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGPU; SHANGHAI; YANGTZE DELTA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYZA SP.; POACEAE;

EID: 34447569219     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607076451     Document Type: Article

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