Holocene vegetation characteristics of the southern Loess Plateau in the Weihe River valley in China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-52

  Shang, Xue ^a,b   Li, Xiaoqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene; Loess Plateau; Pollen records; Vegetation characteristics; Weihe River valley

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; GRASSLAND; HERB; HOLOCENE; LOESS; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOSOL; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; WEI RIVER;

POACEAE;

EID: 77649181640     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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