Characteristics of the modern pollen distribution and their relationship to vegetation in the Xinjiang region, northwestern China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 282-295

  Luo, Chuanxiu ^a   Zheng, Zhuo ^a   Tarasov, Pavel ^b   Pan, Anding ^c   Huang, Kangyou ^a   Beaudouin, Celia ^a   An, Fangzhou ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

pollen; xeromorphic vegetation; Xinjiang region, China

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MEADOW; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

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

EID: 59649129140     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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