Holocene vegetation variations and the associated environmental changes in the western part of the Chinese Loess Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 440-456

  Feng, Z D ^a,b   Tang, L Y ^c   Wang, H B ^d   Ma, Y Z ^a   Liu, K b ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Holocene climate; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; STEPPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

ULMUS;

EID: 33750438080     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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