Dry or humid? Mid-Holocene humidity changes in arid and semi-arid China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 351-361

  An, Cheng Bang ^a   Feng, Zhao Dong ^a,b   Barton, Loukas ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; ICE; LAKES; MOISTURE;

ARIDITY INDEX; CHINA; MID-HOLOCENE HUMIDITY CHANGES; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 31944452464     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.03.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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