Late Pleistocene spread of (cool-)temperate forests in Northeast China and climate changes synchronous with the North Atlantic region

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 56-70

  Stebich, Martina ^a   Mingram, Jens ^b   Han, Jingtai ^c   Liu, Jiaqi ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

High resolution Palynology; Late glacial; Northeast China varved sediments; Pleniglacial; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLEISTOCENE; TEMPERATE FOREST; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ALNUS; ALNUS FRUTICOSA; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; CAREX; FRAXINUS; LARIX; PICEA; POACEAE; ULMUS;

EID: 58849131825     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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