A 50,000-year record of late Pleistocene tropical vegetation and human impact in lowland Borneo

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-80

  Hunt, Chris O ^a   Gilbertson, David D ^b   Rushworth, Garry ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Borneo; LGM; Niah; Palynology; Pleistocene; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; BORNEO; LGM; NIAH; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

CAVES; FORESTRY;

VEGETATION;

BIOMASS BURNING; CAVE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSTADIAL; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; BORNEO; COMBUSTION; PLANTS;

BORNEO;

RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 84857793944     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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