Moisture dynamics in central Asia for the last 15 kyr: New evidence from Yili Valley, Xinjiang, NW China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3457-3466

  Li, Xiaoqiang ^a,b   Zhao, Keliang ^a,b   Dodson, John ^c   Zhou, Xinying ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Holocene; Last deglaciation; Moisture evolution; Westerlies; Yili valley

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; DEGLACIATIONS; HOLOCENES; WESTERLIES; YILI VALLEY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

LANDFORMS;

DESERT; HIGH PRESSURE; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIATION; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STEPPE; VEGETATION TYPE; WESTERLY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 82455192371     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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