Vegetation characteristics in the western Loess plateau between 5200 and 4300 cal. b.p. based on fossil charcoal records

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-70

  Li, Xiaoqiang ^a,b   Sun, Nan ^a,b   Dodson, John ^c   Zhou, Xinying ^b   Zhao, Keliang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Climate change; Loess Plateau; Precipitation change; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACER; BAMBUSOIDEAE; BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYLUS; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES; HEDERA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR FORMOSANA; PICEA; QUERCUS; TOXICODENDRON; ULMUS;

EID: 84870704567     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0344-9     Document Type: Article

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