Landscape evolution of the Ulan Buh Desert in northern China during the late Quaternary

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 476-487

  Chen, Fahu ^a   Li, Guoqiang ^a   Zhao, Hui ^b   Jin, Ming ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^a   Fan, Yuxin ^a   Liu, Xiaokang ^a   Wu, Duo ^a   Madsen, David ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Arid landscape evolution; China; Holocene; Last glacial period; Ulan Buh Desert

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

ARID LANDSCAPE; CHINA; HOLOCENES; LAST GLACIAL PERIOD; ULAN BUH DESERT;

LANDFORMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARID REGION; DESERT; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIATION;

BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; ULAN BUH DESERT;

EID: 84901829380     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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