Radiocarbon constraint on the Holocene flood deposits of the Ning-Zhen Mountains, lower Yangtze River area of China

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 521-525

  Yu, Shi Yong ^a,b   Zhu, Cheng ^b   Wang, Fubao ^b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonised wood; East Asian monsoon; Lower Yangtze River; Mid Holocene climate; Palaeofloods

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOFLOOD; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CHINA;

EID: 0141572149     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.767     Document Type: Article

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