Holocene environmental changes in northeast Thailand as reconstructed from a tropical wetland

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-161

  Wohlfarth, Barbara ^a   Klubseang, Wichuratree ^b   Inthongkaew, Suda ^b   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^c   Blaauw, Maarten ^d   Reimer, Paula J ^d   Chabangborn, Akkaneewut ^a   Löwemark, Ludvig ^a   Chawchai, Sakonvan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Environmental reconstruction; Geochemistry; Lake sediments; Moisture availability; Northeast Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; ASIAN MONSOON; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; DRIVING FORCES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GEOCHEMICAL VARIABLES; HOLOCENES; HUMAN IMPACT; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MULTI PROXIES; MULTIPLE PROXIES; NORTHEAST THAILAND; NUTRIENT FLUXES; PEATLAND; SEDIMENT CORE; SHALLOW FRESHWATER; SHALLOW LAKES; SUMMER MONSOON; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TROPICAL WETLAND; UNDERLYING CAUSE; WATER COLUMNS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; MOISTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WETLANDS;

LAKES;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOTTOM WATER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GROUNDWATER; HIATUS; HOLOCENE; IMAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; MONSOON; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXYGENATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; RECONSTRUCTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN; WETLAND;

THAILAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84861990815     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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