Vegetation changes and environmental evolution in the Urumqi River head, central Tianshan Mountains since 3.6 ka BP: A case study of Daxigou profile

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 655-667

  Zhang, Yun ^a   Kong, Zhao Chen ^a   Yang, Zhen Jing ^a,b   Yan, Shun ^c   Ni, Jian ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Climatic change; Multiproxy data; Pollen record; Tianshan Mountains; Vegetation changes

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; URUMQI RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

PICEA;

EID: 5044238294     PISSN: 16726650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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