New insights on Late Quaternary Asian palaeomonsoon variability and the timing of the Last Glacial Maximum in southwestern China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 808-820

  Cook, Charlotte G ^a   Jones, Richard T ^a   Langdon, Peter G ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^c   Zhang, Enlou ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian palaeomonsoon; Lake sediments; Last Glacial Maximum; Pleistocene Holocene Transition; Pollen; Southwestern China

Indexed keywords

ASIAN PALAEOMONSOON; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION; POLLEN; SOUTHWESTERN CHINA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; CHARCOAL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

VEGETATION;

BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CHARCOAL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; POLLEN;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

PICEA; QUERCUS; TSUGA; ULMUS;

EID: 79952450218     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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