Paleoenvironments in China during the Last Glacial Maximum and the Holocene Optimum

Episodes

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 152-158

  Zhuo, Zheng ^a   Baoyin, Yuan ^b   Petit Maire, Nicole ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LAPMO   (France)

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EID: 0032164088     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/1998/v21i3/003     Document Type: Article

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