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Fire and flood management of coastal swamp enabled first rice paddy cultivaton in east China (2007)
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Zong, Y., Chen, Z., Innes, J., Chen, C., Wang, Z., & Wang, H. (2007). Fire and flood management of coastal swamp enabled first rice paddy cultivaton in east China. Nature, 449(7161), 459-663. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06135

The adoption of cereal cultivation was one of the most important cultural processes in history, marking the transition from hunting and gathering by Mesolithic foragers to the food-producing economy of Neolithic farmers1. In the Lower Yangtze region... Read More about Fire and flood management of coastal swamp enabled first rice paddy cultivaton in east China.

Reconstruction of Holocene monsoon history from the Pearl River Estuary, southern China, using diatoms and carbon isotope ratios (2006)
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Zong, Y., Lloyd, J., Leng, M., Yim, W., & Huang, G. (2006). Reconstruction of Holocene monsoon history from the Pearl River Estuary, southern China, using diatoms and carbon isotope ratios. Holocene, 16(2), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683606hl911rp

This study employs a multiproxy approach in the reconstruction of Holocene monsoon history from sedimentary sequences obtained from the Pearl River Estuary, southern China. A set of modern surface sediment samples were collected within and outside th... Read More about Reconstruction of Holocene monsoon history from the Pearl River Estuary, southern China, using diatoms and carbon isotope ratios.

Coastal Inundation due to Sea Level Rise in the Pearl River Delta, China (2004)
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Huang, Z., Zong, Y., & Zhang, W. (2004). Coastal Inundation due to Sea Level Rise in the Pearl River Delta, China. Natural Hazards, 33(2), 247-264. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Anhaz.0000037038.18814.b0

This paper examines the increased potential risk of tidal inundations in the Pearl River delta, China, due to future rises in sea level. The research is based on tidal records of 54 tide gauges distributed across the delta plain, and employs mathemat... Read More about Coastal Inundation due to Sea Level Rise in the Pearl River Delta, China.

Mid-Holocene sea-level highstand along the Southeast Coast of China (2004)
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Zong, Y. (2004). Mid-Holocene sea-level highstand along the Southeast Coast of China. Quaternary International, 117(1), 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1040-6182%2803%2900116-2

Various sea-level curves have been proposed for the coast of China in the past two decades. These sea-level curves indicate a complex history of Holocene sea level, and so the debate on whether or not a higher mid-Holocene sea-level highstand exists... Read More about Mid-Holocene sea-level highstand along the Southeast Coast of China.

A Historical Record of Coastal Floods in Britain: Frequencies and Associated Storm Tracks (2003)
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Zong, Y., & Tooley, M. (2003). A Historical Record of Coastal Floods in Britain: Frequencies and Associated Storm Tracks. Natural Hazards, 29(1), 13-36. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1022942801531

This paper examines flood frequencies in three coastal sectors of Britain and analyses the associated storm tracks and their principal pathways. The results indicate that the east coast of Britain has suffered most floods over the last 200 years. The... Read More about A Historical Record of Coastal Floods in Britain: Frequencies and Associated Storm Tracks.

Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake (2003)
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Zong, Y., Shennan, I., Combellick, R., Hamilton, S., & Rutherford, M. (2003). Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake. Holocene, 13(1), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683603hl590rp

Microfossil diatom and pollen data from a number of cores at coastal marshes at Girdwood Flats and Kenai Flats in Cook Inlet, Alaska, suggest that there was a phase of gradual land subsidence prior to the main shock of the AD 1964 earthquake. This ph... Read More about Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake.