Mid-Holocene mangrove succession and its response to sea-level change in the upper Mekong River delta, Cambodia

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 386-399

  Li, Zhen ^a,d   Saito, Yoshiki ^b   Mao, Limi ^c   Tamura, Toru ^b   Song, Bing ^a   Zhang, Yulan ^e   Lu, Anqing ^a   Sieng, Sotham ^f   Li, Jie ^a,g  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Mines and Energy   (Cambodia)

^g Yunnan Institute of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Mangrove succession; Mekong River delta; Palynological analysis; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

CAMBODIA; MANGROVE SUCCESSION; MEKONG RIVER; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDES; WETLANDS;

SEDIMENTS;

HOLOCENE; MANGROVE; PALYNOLOGY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG RIVER;

BRUGUIERA; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; SONNERATIA ALBA; SONNERATIA CASEOLARIS;

EID: 84865386584     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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