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Journal Article |
Authors: |
Penny, Dan
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Title: |
A 40,000 year palynological record from north-east Thailand
implications for biogeography and palaeo-environmental reconstruction
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Date: |
2001
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Source: |
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
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Abstract: |
There are few palaeoenvironmental data from the Indo-Chinese peninsula that document environmental and climatic conditions prior to the Holocene. This study of pollen and spores from a small peat-swamp in north-east Thailand provides a record of vegetation change covering ca. 40,000 yearsB.P. (Before Present). These data indicate that the region supported a Fagaceous-Coniferous forest, similar to contemporary vegetation described from south-west China. Climatic conditions were cooler and probably drier than present day climates in Thailand. Levels of biomass burning are relatively high throughout this period. Tropical broad-leaf deciduous forest becomes dominant at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary with the fragmentation of Fagaceous-Coniferous forest in response to increased temperatures.
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Date Created: |
10/26/2001
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Volume: |
171
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Page Start: |
97
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Page End: |
128
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