Black carbon records in Chinese Loess Plateau over the last two glacial cycles and implications for paleofires

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 9-19

  Wang, X ^a   Peng, P A ^b   Ding, Z L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Chinese Loess Plateau; Last two glacial cycles; Paleofires

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; FIRE HISTORY; LOESS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

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

EID: 21744459414     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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