Environmental conditions leading to the formation of Holocene soil layers in the northern Taklimakan Desert, Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Geological Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-34

  Feng, Q ^a   Liu, W ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Desert environment; Holocene sedimentary sequence; Northern Taklimakan Desert; Northwest China; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

DESERT; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 13244283337     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.985     Document Type: Article

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