The palaeoenvironmental development of the northeastern Vietnamese Mekong River Delta since the mid Holocene

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1257-1268

  Proske, Ulrike ^a,b   Hanebuth, Till J J ^a,b   Behling, Hermann ^c   van Nguyen, Lap ^d   Ta, Thi Kim Oanh ^d   Diem, Bui Phat ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e Provincial Museum Long An   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Holocene; macro charcoal; modern human impact; palaeoenvironment; pollen; Vietnamese Mekong River Delta

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS BURNING; CHARCOAL; DELTA; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GRAIN SIZE; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; LEGUME; MANGROVE; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

ARECACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUGUIERA; CERIOPS; EXCOECARIA; FABACEAE; KANDELIA; MYRSINACEAE; RHIZOPHORA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 78649430507     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610374884     Document Type: Article

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