Rapid environmental change during dynastic transitions in Yunnan Province, China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-32

  Hillman, Aubrey L ^a   Yu, JunQing ^b   Abbott, Mark B ^a   Cooke, Colin A ^a   Bain, Daniel J ^a   Steinman, Byron A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Eutrophication; Human environment interactions; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; EUTROPHICATION; LAKES; MINERAL RESOURCES; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; RESOURCE EXTRACTION;

LAKE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE LEVEL; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84902435520     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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