Pollen-inferred Holocene vegetation and climate histories in Taro Co, southwestern Tibetan Plateau

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 4101-4114

  Ma, Qingfeng ^a,b   Zhu, Liping ^a   Lü, Xinmiao ^a   Guo, Yun ^a,b   Ju, Jianting ^a   Wang, Junbo ^a   Wang, Yong ^a   Tang, Lingyu ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Pollen; Taro Co; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907860614     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-014-0505-1     Document Type: Article

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