Environmental response to climate and human impact during the last 400 years in Taibai Lake catchment, middle reach of Yangtze River, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 385, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 196-207

  Liu, Enfeng ^a,b   Yang, Xiangdong ^a,b   Shen, Ji ^a,b   Dong, Xuhui ^a,b   Zhang, Enlou ^a,b   Wang, Sumin ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Climate changes; Human activities; Sedimentary environment; Taibai Lake

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKES; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS;

GRAMINEAE POLLEN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; TAIBAI LAKE;

CATCHMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; IRON; LEAD 210; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CEREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FOREST COVER; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND RECLAMATION; LEAD-LEAD DATING; LITTLE ICE AGE; POLLEN;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CEREAL; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES CULTIVATION; WEATHERING;

CHINA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; RIVERS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN; TAIBAI LAKE; YANGTZE RIVER;

POACEAE;

EID: 34548476026     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.041     Document Type: Article

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