Basin-wide Holocene environmental changes in the marginal area of the Asian monsoon, northwest China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 203-212

  Li, Yu ^a   Wang, Nai'ang ^a   Li, Zhuolun ^a   Zhang, Hua'an ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Environmental changes; Holocene; Marginal area of the Asian monsoon; Westerly winds

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; ASIAN MONSOON; CLIMATE RECORD; DRAINAGE BASIN; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENES; LAKE LEVELS; NORTHWEST CHINA; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TERMINAL LAKES; VEGETATION DENSITY;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WIND;

CATCHMENTS;

ACIDIFICATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; HOLOCENE; MOISTURE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA; GANSU; SHIYANG BASIN;

EID: 84855273708     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1083-z     Document Type: Article

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