Increases of population and expansion of rice agriculture in Asia, and anthropogenic methane emissions since 5000 BP

Quaternary International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-50

  Li, Xiaoqiang ^a   Dodson, John ^b   Zhou, Jie ^a   Zhou, Xinying ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NEOLITHIC; ORBITAL FORCING; POPULATION GROWTH;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 66549095568     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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