Holocene environmental change at Lake Shudu, Yunnan Province, southwestern China

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 693, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 223-235

  Jones, Richard T ^a   Cook, Charlotte G ^b   Zhang, Enlou ^c   Langdon, Peter G ^d   Jordan, Jason ^e   Turney, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Holocene; Lake sediments; Past climate change; Southwestern China

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HEAVY METAL; HIATUS; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHINA; SHUDU LAKE; YUNNAN;

EID: 84864315660     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1124-y     Document Type: Article

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