Using multiple archives to understand past and present climate-human- environment interactions: The lake Erhai catchment, Yunnan Province, China

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-31

  Dearing, J A ^a,b   Jones, R T ^c   Shen, J ^d   Yang, X ^d   Boyle, J F ^a   Foster, G C ^a   Crook, D S ^e   Elvin, M J D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Climate human environment interactions; Erhai lake; Erosion; Lake sediment; Metal workings; Palaeohydrology; Resilience; Sustainability; Vegetation and land use; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CATCHMENT; CORE ANALYSIS; FLOODING; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL EROSION; SPELEOTHEM; SUSTAINABILITY; TIME SERIES;

ASIA; CHINA; ERHAI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 46249095793     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9182-2     Document Type: Review

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