Key to mangrove pollen and spores of southern China: An aid to palynological interpretation of Quaternary deposits in the South China Sea

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 176-177, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-67

  Mao, Limi ^a   Batten, David J ^a,b   Fujiki, Toshiyuki ^c   Li, Zhen ^d   Dai, Lu ^e   Weng, Chengyu ^e  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c National Institutes for the Humanities International Research Center for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Mangrove; Marine deposits; Pollen morphology; Quaternary; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MANGROVE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PORE PRESSURE; QUATERNARY; SUBURBAN AREA; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL REGION;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOPHORA; SONNERATIA;

EID: 84860322772     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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