Latest Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation and climate history inferred from an alpine lacustrine record, northwestern Yunnan Province, southwestern China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-48

  Xiao, Xiayun ^a   Haberle, Simon G ^b   Shen, Ji ^a   Yang, Xiangdong ^a   Han, Yong ^c   Zhang, Enlou ^a   Wang, Sumin ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine lake; Climatic change; Holocene; Pollen analysis; Southwest monsoon; Yunnan Province

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FORESTRY; LAKES; VEGETATION;

ALPINE LAKES; CLIMATIC CHANGES; HOLOCENES; POLLEN ANALYSIS; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84892853892     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.023     Document Type: Article

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