Decreasing intensity of the last glacial stadials in low latitude terrestrial East Asia inferred by a new observation of pollen records in central Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-165

  Liew, Ping Mei ^a   Chen, Bing Cheng ^b   Hsieh, Meng Long ^c   Huang, Shu Yue ^a   Lee, Cheng Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CPC CORPORATION   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

East Asia; Pollen record; Stadial of the last glaciation; Subtropical

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; LAST GLACIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALYNOLOGY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUN MOON LAKE; TAIWAN; TOUSHE BASIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 84877144700     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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