Sedimentary records of extraordinary floods at the ending of the mid-Holocene climatic optimum along the Upper Weihe River, China

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 675-686

  Huang, Chun Chang ^a   Pang, Jiangli ^a   Zha, Xiaochun ^a   Zhou, Yali ^a   Su, Hongxia ^a   Wan, Honglian ^a   Ge, Benwei ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; climatic change; Holocene; palaeoflood; palaeohydrology; slackwater deposit; Weihe River; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARIDITY; CLAY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; DUST STORM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LUVISOL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RIVER BANK; SILT; SOIL PROFILE; STRATIGRAPHY; VALLEY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU; WEI RIVER; YELLOW RIVER BASIN;

EID: 84861806581     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611409781     Document Type: Article

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