Holocene environmental changes in the central Inner Mongolia, based on single-aliquot-quartz optical dating and multi-proxy study of dune sands

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 233, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 51-62

  Sun, Jimin ^a   Li, Sheng Hua ^b   Han, Peng ^a   Chen, Yongye ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central Inner Mongolia; Eolian; Holocene; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Paleoclimates

Indexed keywords

DUNE; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33644940519     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00138-006-0014-6     Document Type: Article

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