Uncertainties of climate change in arid environments of Central Asia

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-49

  Lioubimtseva, Elena ^a   Cole, Roy ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Greenhouse warming; Human induced desertification; Paleoclimatology; Paleogeographic data

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344468118     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641260500340603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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