Pollen-inferred vegetation and environmental changes since 16.7 ka BP at Balikun Lake, Xinjiang

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2449-2457

  Tao, Shi Chen ^a   An, Chen Bang ^a   Chen, Fa Hu ^a   Tang, Ling Yu ^b   Wang, Zong Li ^a   Lü, Yan Bin ^a   Li, Zhi Fei ^a   Zheng, Tong Ming ^a   Zhao, Jia Ju ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Balikun Lake; climate; Holocene; pollen; vegetation; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955523103     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3174-8     Document Type: Article

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