Holocene environmental changes in northern Mongolia inferred from diatom and pollen records of peat sediment

Quaternary International

Volumn 254, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-91

  Fukumoto, Yu ^a   Kashima, Kaoru ^a   Orkhonselenge, A ^b   Ganzorig, U ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; SEDIMENT;

MONGOLIA; SIBERIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84857358396     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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