Late-Holocene moisture balance inferred from diatom and lake sediment records in western Mongolia

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-138

  Shinneman, Avery L C ^a,b   Umbanhowar, Charles E ^c   Edlund, Mark B ^b   Soninkhishig, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ST CROIX WATERSHED RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Diatom inferred salinity; Drought; Human climate interactions; Moisture balance; Mongolia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; DROUGHT; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PALEOCLIMATE; SALINITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

MONGOLIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 75849157127     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683609348861     Document Type: Article

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