A high-resolution record of holocene environmental and climatic changes from lake balikun (xinjiang, china): Implications for central asia

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-52

  An, Cheng Bang ^a   Lu, Yanbin ^a   Zhao, Jiaju ^a   Tao, Shichen ^a   Dong, Weimiao ^a   Li, Hu ^a   Jin, Ming ^a   Wang, Zongli ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

arid China; central Asia; climate; high resolution; Holocene; Lake Balikun

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE;

BALIKUN LAKE; CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84055214192     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405244     Document Type: Article

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