Evolution of megadunes and lakes in the Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia, China during the last 31, 000 years

Quaternary International

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-112

  Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Liu, Tungsheng ^a   Xiao, Honglang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; DUNE FORMATION; LAKE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BADAIN JARAN DESERT; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 0037248451     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00138-6     Document Type: Article

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