Holocene environmental and climatic changes inferred from Wulungu Lake in northern Xinjiang, China

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-425

  Liu, Xingqi ^a   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^b   Shen, Ji ^a   Jiang, Qingfen ^a,c   Xiao, Xiayun ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene; Northwest China; Pollen; Westerlies

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HOLOCENE; MOISTURE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WESTERLY;

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

PEDIASTRUM; POACEAE; SPARGANIUM;

EID: 54849425337     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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