Late Pleistocene monsoon variability in northwest Thailand: an oxygen isotope sequence from the bivalve Margaritanopsis laosensis excavated in Mae Hong Son province

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Marwick, Ben, Gagan, Michael K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon Press 2011
• Subjects: Archaeology; Freshwater bivalve; Geochemistry; Late Pleistocene; Oxygen-18; Palaeomonsoon; Thailand; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 1204 Archaeology; 1907 Geology; 2306 Global and Planetary Change; 3302 Archaeology; Hulu; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:730228

Long, continuous records of Late Quaternary environmental change are rare in Southeast Asia, yet they are crucial for understanding the nature of early human dispersal and occupation in the Australasian region. We present a new record of palaeomonsoon activity extending back to 35,000 BP (years befo...