Expansion and contraction of Hulun Buir Dunefield in north-eastern China in the last late glacial and Holocene as revealed by OSL dating

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1305-1312

  Yang, Li Rong ^a   Ding, Zhong Li ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Desert extension; Holocene optimum (HO); Hulun Buir Dunefield; Last glacial maximum (LGM); Last late glacial; Optical dating

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPANSION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS;

DESERT EXTENSION; DUNEFIELD; HOLOCENES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST LATE GLACIAL; OPTICAL DATING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTRACTION; DESERT; DUNE; EXPANSION; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; QUARTZ; REGENERATION; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; HULUN BUIR DESERT; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 84874106610     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1828-3     Document Type: Article

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