The Holocene warm-humid phases in the North China Plain as recorded by multi-proxy records

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-161

  Cui, Jianxin ^a   Zhou, Shangzhe ^b   Chang, Hong ^c  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

grain size; Holocene; pollen; radiocarbon dating; warm humid phases

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955553830     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-009-0147-3     Document Type: Article

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