Holocene climate change and human impacts implied from the pollen records in Anyang, central China

Quaternary International

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-9

  Cao, Xianyong ^a   Xu, Qinghai ^a,b   Jing, Zhichun ^c   Tang, Jigen ^d   Li, Yuecong ^a   Tian, Fang ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANYANG; CHINA; HENAN;

POACEAE; SELAGINELLA SINENSIS; ULMUS;

EID: 77957336308     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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