Overbank flooding and human occupation of the Shalongka site in the Upper Yellow River Valley, northeast Tibet Plateau in relation to climate change since the last deglaciation

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 354-365

  Li, Guoqiang ^a   Dong, Guanghui ^a   Wen, Lijuan ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

14C dating; Human occupation; OSL dating; Overbank flooding; Prehistoric period; Upper Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FLOODS; GLOBAL WARMING; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

14C DATING; HUMAN OCCUPATION; OSL DATING; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; UPPER YELLOW RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84922531038     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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