Environmental change implied by the relationship between pollen assemblages and grain-size in N.W. Chinese lake sediments since the Late Glacial

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 54-64

  Li, Yu ^a,b   Wang, Nai'ang ^a   Morrill, Carrie ^b   Cheng, Hongyi ^a   Long, Hao ^a   Zhao, Qiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

arid conditions; environmental change; grain size; lake sediments; monsoon; pollen assemblages

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; HERB; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LATE GLACIAL; MONSOON; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; ZHUYE LAKE;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; EPHEDRA; NITRARIA; PICEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 62149125549     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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