A MIS 3 charcoal and pollen record and quantitative precipitation inferences from the Jingerwa section of the Nihewan Basin, north-central China

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-221

  Liu, Xingqi ^a,b   Chi, Zhenqing ^c   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^d   Wang, Yong ^c   Ni, Jian ^d   Xu, Qinghai ^e  

^a CAPITAL NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asian monsoon; Charcoal; MIS 3; Nihewan Basin; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; FERN; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; HEBEI; NIHEWAN BASIN;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 84895070540     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-013-9716-8     Document Type: Article

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