Transmutation of ancient settlements and environmental changes between 6000-2000 aBP in the Chaohu Lake Basin, East China

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 687-700

  Wu, Li ^a,b   Wang, Xinyuan ^b,c   Zhou, Kunshu ^d   Mo, Duowen ^e   Zhu, Cheng ^a   Gao, Chao ^b   Zhang, Guangsheng ^f   Li, Lan ^a   Liu, Li ^b   Han, Weiguang ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVATION AND DIGITAL EARTH   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f WEST ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chaohu Lake; Climate change; Han Dynasty; Neolithic Age; Transmutation of settlements

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955203060     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-010-0804-7     Document Type: Article

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