Modern pollen representation of source vegetation in the Qaidam Basin and surrounding mountains, north-eastern Tibetan Plateau

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-260

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^b,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate variables; Modern pollen spectra; NE Tibetan Plateau; Numerical analysis; Qaidam Basin; Vegetation zones

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; CYPERACEAE; EPHEDRA; FABACEAE; GENTIANA; NITRARIA; POACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 63949083349     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0201-7     Document Type: Article

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