Holocene evolution in weathering and erosion patterns in the Pearl River delta

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2349-2368

  Hu, Dengke ^a,b   Clift, Peter D ^b,c   Böning, Philipp ^d   Hannigan, Robyn ^e   Hillier, Stephen ^f,g   Blusztajn, Jerzy ^h   Wan, Shiming ⁱ   Fuller, Dorian Q ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

archaeology; chemical weathering; human settlement; landscape; Pearl river basin; physical erosion; proxies

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; HISTORY; LEAD; MINERALS; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; LANDSCAPE; PEARL RIVER BASIN; PROXIES;

WEATHERING;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EROSION RATE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; WEATHERING RATE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84883564386     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20166     Document Type: Article

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