Dry late-glacial and early Holocene climate in arid central Asia indicated by lithological and palynological evidence from Bosten Lake, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Huang, X Z ^a   Chen, F H ^a   Fan, Y X ^a   Yang, M L ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; LITHOLOGY; MONSOON; PALYNOLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EPHEDRA;

EID: 58149141462     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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