Pollen assemblages and their environmental implications in the Qaidam basin, nw china

Boreas

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 602-613

  Zhang, Shengrui ^a   Xu, Qinghai ^a   Nielsen, Anne Birgitte ^b   Chen, Hui ^a   Li, Yuecong ^a   Li, Manyue ^a   Hun, Lingyun ^a   Li, Jianyong ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRAIN SIZE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION TYPE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; BOREAS; EPHEDRA;

EID: 84866747685     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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