A review of human and natural changes in Maya Lowland wetlands over the Holocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 1710-1724

  Beach, Tim ^a   Luzzadder Beach, Sheryl ^b   Dunning, Nicholas ^c   Jones, John ^d   Lohse, Jon ^e   Guderjan, Tom ^f   Bozarth, Steve ^g   Millspaugh, Sarah ^a   Bhattacharya, Tripti ^a  

^a Science   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOOD PLAINS; GUATEMALA; GYPSUM PRECIPITATION; HOLOCENE; ME-XICO; NEW MODEL; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION; SLOPE INSTABILITY; TROPICAL WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; CANALS; DEFORESTATION; GYPSUM; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LAND USE; SOIL CONSERVATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

WETLANDS;

COASTAL PLAIN; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SLOPE STABILITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; SOIL; WATER WAYS; WETLANDS;

MAYA LOWLANDS;

EID: 67650901231     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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