Extraordinary hydro-climatic events during the period AD 200-300 recorded by slackwater deposits in the upper Hanjiang River valley, China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 374, Issue , 2013, Pages 274-283

  Huang, Chun Chang ^a   Pang, Jiangli ^a   Zha, Xiaochun ^a   Zhou, Yali ^a   Yin, Shuyan ^a   Su, Hongxia ^a   Zhou, Liang ^a   Yang, Jianchao ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Climatic change; Hanjiang River; Holocene; Palaeoflood; Slackwater deposit

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DROUGHT STRESS; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER BANK; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE RING;

CHINA; DABA MOUNTAINS; HAN RIVER [HUBEI-SHAANXI]; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84875075916     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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