Holocene environmental changes in Mongolia: A review

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-289

  An, Cheng Bang ^a   Chen, Fa Hu ^a   Barton, Loukas ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental change; Holocene; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EVAPORATION; FOREST-STEPPE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; RECONSTRUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

EID: 52949100179     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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