Human-environment interactions in the development of early Chinese civilization

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 352, Issue , 2011, Pages 125-136

  Rapp, George ^a   Jing, Zhichun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

CHINA; HENAN;

EID: 79951764737     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP352.10     Document Type: Article

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