Some sediment-geochemical evidence for the recent environmental changes of the lakes from the middle and lower Yangtze River basin, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Xue, Bin ^a   Yao, Shuchun ^a   Xia, Weilan ^a   Zhu, Yuxin ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

ALGAE;

EID: 77957142460     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.02.024     Document Type: Article

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