A late-Holocene record of human impact from the southwest coast of New Caledonia

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 888-898

  Stevenson, Janelle ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire; Human impact; Late Holocene; New Caledonia; Palynology; Sea level; Tropical Pacific

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURNING; CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CHRISTIA; DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 8644280621     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959-683604hl755rp     Document Type: Article

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