Holocene climate change and desertification in Northern China

Northwestern Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1-29

  Li, Zhi Pei ^a,b   Yue, Le Ping ^b   Guo, Li ^a   Liu, Shu Ying ^c   Wang, Min ^a   Nie, Hao Gang ^a   Yang, Li Rong ^b   Sun, Hu ^d   Wang, Fei Yue ^e  

^a CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Hydrogeology and Geoengineering Investigation Institute of Qinghai Province   (China)

^d SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Aerial Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Reconnaissance Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cyclicity; Desertification; Holocene; North China

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CYCLICITY; DESERTIFICATION; DUST STORM; HOLOCENE; UPLIFT;

ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 40449091795     PISSN: 10096248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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