Human-induced changes on wetlands: A study case from NW Iberia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2745-2754

  López Merino, Lourdes ^a   Cortizas, Antonio Martínez ^b   López Sáez, José Antonio ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Human impact; Hydro hygrophytes; Hydrological changes; Non pollen palynomorphs; NW Iberia; Principal components analysis; Roman mining; Wetland

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMPACT; HYDRO-HYGROPHYTES; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; NW IBERIA; PALYNOMORPHS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; ROMAN MINING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; MINING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER LEVELS; WETLANDS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON CYCLE; CHRONOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD MINE; GRAZING PRESSURE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MIRE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROMAN ERA; SUCCESSION; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 80051877717     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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