The end of moai quarrying and its effect on Lake Rano Raraku, Easter Island

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-422

  Dumont, Henri J ^a   Cocquyt, Christine ^a   Fontugne, Michel ^b   Arnold, Maurice ^b   Reyss, Jean Louis ^b   Bloemendal, Jan ^c   Oldfield, Frank ^c   Steenbergen, Cees L M ^d   Korthals, Henk J ^d   Zeeb, Barbara A ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chrysophytes; Cladocerans; Diatoms; Easter Island culture; Lake cores; Magnetic properties; Ostracods; Palaeopigments; South America

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; QUARRYING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 6544263854     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008012720960     Document Type: Article

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