Pollen distribution in large freshwater lake of arid region: A case study on the surface sediments from Bosten Lake, Xinjiang, China

Frontiers of Earth Science in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-180

  Huang, Xiaozhong ^a   Zhou, Gang ^a   Ma, Yanlin ^a   Xu, Qinghai ^a,b   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bosten Lake; Pollen analysis; Sedimentation focusing; Surface sediments

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BOSTEN LAKE; CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77952236846     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-009-0060-2     Document Type: Article

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