Deposition evidences of the 4 ka BP flood events in Central China Plains

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 685-697

  Zhang, Junna ^a   Xia, Zhengkai ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

4000 a BP; Central China Plains; Prehistoric extreme flood event

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CULTURAL HISTORY; DEPOSITION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LANDFORM; PALEOFLOOD; PREHISTORIC;

CHINA; HENAN; QINGHAI; SHANDONG;

EID: 84864379974     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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