The reconstruction and interpretations of lake status at 6 ka and 18 ka B.P. in inland mainland Asia

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1145-1157

  Qin, Boqiang ^a   Shi, Yafeng ^a   Yu, Ge ^b,c  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inland mainland Asia; Lake status; Monsoon; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542416836     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02883214     Document Type: Article

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