Holocene moisture evolution across the Mongolian Plateau and its surrounding areas: A synthesis of climatic records

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-57

  Wang, Wei ^a   Feng, Zhaodong ^b  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioclimate reconstruction; Holocene climate change; Moisture evolution; Mongolian Plateau

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

MONGOLIAN PLATEAU; RUSSIAN PLAIN; SIBERIA;

EID: 84876710075     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.03.005     Document Type: Review

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