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Environmental changes and lake level fluctuation recorded by lakes on the plain in northern **njiang during the late Holocene

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**njiang Autonomous Region is located in the arid area of westerly of China and there are many arguments about the changes of past temperature and moisture. Most of the lakes on the plain in northern **njiang are sealed lakes and terminal lakes. They can evidently reflect the changes in palaeoclimate. The palaeoenvironmental changes of some plain lakes in northern **njiang during the late Holocene will be analysed mainly based on the data of pollen, sedimentary facies, loss on ignition (LOI), susceptibility and grain size from the Sichang Lake, Dongdaohaizi Lake and Aibi Lake. Results reveal an assembled pattern of temperature and moisture dominated by cold-wet and warm-dry. In addition, the impact factor will be discussed.

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  1. **njiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011, China

    Feng **aohua & Yan Shun

  2. Laboratory of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bei**g, 100093, China

    Ni Jian & Kong Zhaochen

  3. Institute of Hydrologic and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Zhengding, 050803, China

    Yang Zhen**g

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Feng, X., Yan, S., Ni, J. et al. Environmental changes and lake level fluctuation recorded by lakes on the plain in northern **njiang during the late Holocene. CHINESE SCI BULL 51 (Suppl 1), 60–67 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-006-8208-x

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