Lateglacial and Holocene dune evolution in the Horqin dunefield of northeastern China based on luminescence dating

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 44-51

  Yang, LinHai ^a,b,c   Zhou, Jie ^a   Lai, ZhongPing ^b   Long, Hao ^b,c   Zhang, JingRan ^b,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dune evolution; Horqin dunefield; Human impact; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LATE GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ;

CHINA; HORQIN DESERT;

EID: 77956062151     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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