Land degradation during the Bronze Age in Hexi Corridor (Gansu, China)

Quaternary International

Volumn 254, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-48

  Xinying, Zhou ^a,b   Xiaoqiang, Li ^a,b   Dodson, John ^c   Keliang, Zhao ^a   Atahan, Pia ^c   Nan, Sun ^b,d   Qing, Yang ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARIDITY; BRONZE AGE; CHARCOAL; GRASSLAND; LAND DEGRADATION; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SALINIZATION; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SOIL FERTILITY;

CHINA; GANSU; HEXI CORRIDOR;

ARTEMISIA;

EID: 84857371708     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.06.046     Document Type: Article

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