Hydrological and climatic changes in deserts of China since the late Pleistocene

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Scuderi, Louis A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Desert; Dune; Holocene; Lacustrine record; Late Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DESERT; DUNE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70949105865     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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