A 40,000 year palynological record from north-east Thailand; implications for biogeography and palaeo-environmental reconstruction

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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 years B.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.
Author(s)

Penny D.

Year

2001

Secondary Title

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Publisher

Elsevier Science

Volume

171

Number

3-4

Pages

97-128

Language

Keyword(s)

Thailand, Ecology Abstracts, ASFA 2: Ocean Technology Policy & Non-Living Resources, Water Resources Abstracts, Palaeo studies, Sedimentology, Geologic Time, Forests, Palynology, Paleoclimatology, Thailand, Northeast, Palaeoenvironments, Plant communities, Climatic changes, Peat, Swamps, Sediment analysis, Climatic Data, Pollen, Paleoecology, Holocene, SW 0845:Water in soils, D 04680:Paleoecology, Q2 09273:Palaeontology, Q2 09148:Palaeo-studies

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Form: Journal Article
Geographical Area: Thailand, Other

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