Spatiotemporal variations of Chinese lakes and their driving mechanisms since the Last Glacial Maximum: A review and synthesis of lacustrine sediment archives

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-31

  Shen, Ji ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese lakes; driving mechanism; LGM; spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872672546     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5510-7     Document Type: Review

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