Sensitive response of desert vegetation to moisture change based on a near-annual resolution pollen record from Gahai Lake in the Qaidam Basin, northwest China

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 107-114

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a,b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Liu, Xiuju ^a   Ito, Emi ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

A C ratio; climate data; effective moisture; fossil pollen; Gahai Lake; Qaidam Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; ICE CORE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOISTURE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GAHAI LAKE; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

EID: 42649136212     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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