Early-middle Holocene lake-desert evolution in northern Ulan Buh Desert, China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 331-332, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-38

  Zhao, Hui ^a,b   Li, Guoqiang ^a   Sheng, Yongwei ^c   Jin, Ming ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; OSL dating; Paleolake desert evolution; Ulan Buh Desert

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ELEVATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GPS; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SAND;

CHINA; HETAO; NEI MONGGOL; ULAN BUH DESERT;

EID: 84862826599     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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