A 2000-year record of copper pollution in South China Sea derived from seabird excrements: A potential indicator for copper production and civilization of China

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 431-442

  Yan, Hong ^a   Sun, Liguang ^a   Wang, Yuhong ^b   Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Qiu, Shican ^a   Cheng, Wenhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilization; Copper content; Copper production; Seabird excrements; Sediment core; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CIVILIZATION; COPPER; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT CORE; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SMELTING; WEAPON;

LINCOLN ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARACEL ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ANIMALIA; SULA SULA;

EID: 77954658386     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9413-9     Document Type: Article

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