Formation and environmental significance of late Quaternary calcareous root tubes in the deserts of the Alashan Plateau, northwest China

Quaternary International

Volumn 372, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-174

  Li, Zhuolun ^a   Wang, Nai'ang ^a   Cheng, Hongyi ^a   Ning, Kai ^a   Zhao, Liqiang ^a   Li, Ruolan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcareous roots tubes; Desert; Holocene; Late Quaternary; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

DESERT; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MOLLUSC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHELL;

ALASHAN DESERT; BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; TENGGER DESERT;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84943528704     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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