Vegetation and climate changes during the last 8660 cal. a BP in central Mongolia, based on a high-resolution pollen record from Lake Ugii Nuur

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1579-1589

  Wang, Wei ^a   Ma, Yuzhen ^b   Feng, Zhaodong ^a,c   Meng, Hongwei ^a   Sang, Yanli ^b   Zhai, Xinwei ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Mongolia; Holocene; Lake sediment; Pollen record; Vegetation and climate change

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 67349280325     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0023-8     Document Type: Article

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