Holocene vegetation and climate change from a lake sediment record in the Tengger Sandy Desert, northwest China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2054-2064

  Zhao, Y ^a   Yu, Z ^a,b   Chen, F ^a   Li, J ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid China; Fossil pollen; Holocene climate change; Lithology; Qingtu paleolake

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONSOON; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NINGXIA HUIZU; TENGGER DESERT;

EID: 50049109952     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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