The vegetation and climate change during Neocene and Early Quaternary in Jiuxi Basin, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 676-688

  Ma, Yuzhen ^a   Fang, Xiaomin ^a,b   Li, Jijun ^a   Wu, Fuli ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Aridification; Ecological environment; Hexi Corridor; Sporopollen record; Tibetan Plateau; Vegetation evolution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; MOISTURE;

ARIDIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; HEXI CORRIDOR; SEMI-MOIST CLIMATE; SPOROPOLLEN RECORD; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VEGETATION EVOLUTION;

VEGETATION;

ARIDIFICATION; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

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

CUPRESSUS;

EID: 27844553459     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd0110     Document Type: Review

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