Evidence for a late Holocene warm and humid climate period and environmental characteristics in the arid zones of northwest China during 2.2 ∼ 1.8 kyr B.P

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Yang, Bao ^a   Achim, Braeuning ^b   Shi, Yafeng ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

2.2 1.8 kyr B.P.; Climate history; Ice cores; Northwest China; Paleohydrology; Settlement history

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 2642538600     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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