Holocene paleosols and colluvial sediments in Northeast Tibet (Qinghai Province, China): Properties, dating and paleoenvironmental implications

Catena

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-102

  Kaiser, Knut ^a   Schoch, Werner H ^b   Miehe, Georg ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Laboratory of Quaternary Woods   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Colluvial sediment; Paleosol; Qinghai Xizang (Tibet) Plateau; Quaternary; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHARCOAL; CHERNOZEM; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FLUVISOL; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PHAEOZEM; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGOSOL; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI;

JUNIPERUS; PICEA;

EID: 33846818565     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.04.028     Document Type: Article

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