Quaternary paleoenvironmental change on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas (Western China and Western Mongolia)

Quaternary International

Volumn 65-66, Issue , 2000, Pages 121-145

  Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a   Haselein, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY;

CHINA;

EID: 0034109016     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(99)00040-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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