A sediment-based record of Lateglacial and Holocene environmental changes from Guangfulin, Yangtze delta, eastern China

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1221-1231

  Itzstein Davey, Freea ^a   Atahan, Pia ^b   Dodson, John ^c   Taylor, David ^a   Zheng, Hongbo ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charcoal; China; Guangfulin; Holocene; Lateglacial; Neolithic; Phytoliths; Pollen; Rice; Sponge spicules; Yangtze delta

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LATE GLACIAL; NEOLITHIC; PHYTOLITH; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECORD; RICE; SEDIMENT;

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

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; ORYZA SP.; SETARIA FABERI; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 38349026584     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607085128     Document Type: Article

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