The evolution of dry lands in northern China and in the Republic of Mongolia since the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary International

Volumn 118-119, Issue , 2004, Pages 69-85

  Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Rost, Karl Tilman ^b   Lehmkuhl, Frank ^c   Zhenda, Zhu ^a   Dodson, John ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERFURT   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 1642464966     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(03)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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