Natural vegetation of geological and historical periods in Loess Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 411-416

  Lü, Houyuan ^a   Liu, Dongsheng ^a   Guo, Zhengtang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Paleovegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644952135     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03tb9086     Document Type: Review

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