Temporal and spatial changes of vegetation cover on the Chinese Loess Plateau through the last glacial cycle: Evidence from spore-pollen records

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 133, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 23-37

  Jiang, Hanchao ^a   Ding, Zhongli ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; grassland; last glacial cycle; Loess deposits; pollen record

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL; LOESS; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU; WORLD;

ARTEMISIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 11144314205     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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