The vegetation and climate at the last glaciation on the emerged continental shelf of the South China Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 301-316

  Sun, Xiangjun ^a,b   Li, Xu ^a   Luo, Yunli ^a   Chen, Xudong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Last Glacial Maximum; Palaeoclimate; Palaeovegetation; Pollen; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

ARTEMISIA; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 0034661734     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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