Abruptly increased climatic aridity and its social impact on the Loess Plateau of China at 3100 a B.P.

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-99

  Huang, Chun Chang ^a   Pang, Jiangli ^a   Li, Pinghua ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climatic aridity; Holocene; Loess Plateau; Monsoonal change; Social impact

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; SOCIAL IMPACT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0036709259     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)90981-X     Document Type: Article

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