LGM lake records from China and an analysis of climate dynamics using a modelling approach

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 38, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 223-256

  Yu, Ge ^a   Xue, Bin ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Chen, Xing ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chain; Land surface; LGM; P E; Palaeo lake

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CHINA;

EID: 0141454861     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00257-6     Document Type: Article

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