Differences of modern pollen assemblages from lake sediments and surface soils in arid and semi-arid China and their significance for pollen-based quantitative climate reconstruction

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 519-524

  Zhao, Yan ^a   Xu, Qinghai ^b   Huang, Xiaozhong ^a   Guo, Xiaoli ^a   Tao, Shichen ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arid and semi arid China; lake sediment; modern pollen; numerical analysis; surface soil

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; BETULA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 70049109978     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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