Holocene vegetation and climate changes from fossil pollen records in arid and semi-arid China

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 9, Issue C, 2007, Pages 51-65

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a,b   Chen, Fa Hu ^a   An, Chengbang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249110669     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(07)09006-9     Document Type: Review

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