Pliocene-pleistocene climatic change recorded in fluviolacustrine sediments in central China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 27-39

  Han, J ^a   Fyfe, W S ^a   Longstaffe, F J ^a   Palmer, H C ^a   Yan, F H ^b   Mai, X S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic transition; Fluviolacustrine sequence; Paleovegetation; Pleistocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; GLACIATION; PALAEOCLIMATE;

CHINA, SHAANXI PROVINCE, GUANZHONG BASIN;

EID: 0031455392     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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