Sedimentary evidence of Late Holocene human activity in the Pearl River delta, China

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1095-1102

  Zong, Y ^a   Yu, F ^b   Huang, G ^c   Lloyd, J M ^b   Yim, W W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Deltaic landform; Human activity; Late Holocene; Organic carbon isotopes; Pearl River delta; Sedimentary record

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LATE HOLOCENE; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; FRUITS; GEMS; GESTURE RECOGNITION; ISOTOPES; LAND RECLAMATION; LANDFORMS; LEAD; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DELTA; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION; TOOL USE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 77954557676     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1970     Document Type: Article

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