Postglacial changes in the Asian summer monsoon system: A pollen record from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

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Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 528-539

  Zhou, Weijian ^a,b   Yu, Shi Yong ^a   Burr, George S ^c   Kukla, George J ^d   Jull, A J T ^c   Xian, Feng ^a   Xiao, Jiayi ^e   Colman, Steven M ^f   Yu, Huagui ^a   Liu, Zhao ^a   Kong, Xianghui ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; ZOIGE PLATEAU;

EID: 78649507471     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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