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Surface pollen and modern vegetation in Southern **njiang, China
The study of modern pollen, and vegetation can improve the accuracy of paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on fossil pollen data. A total of 188 pollen surface samples were collected from Southern **njiang...
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Airborne pollen patterns and their relationship with meteorological factors in the Betula microphylla-dominated wetland of Ebinur Lake, **njiang, China
Airborne pollen is indicative of vegetation and climatic conditions. This study investigates airborne pollen trap** in the Betula microphylla-dominated wetland of Ebinur Lake in Northwestern China from Septembe...
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Open AccessPosition and orientation of the westerly jet determined Holocene rainfall patterns in China
Proxy-based reconstructions and modeling of Holocene spatiotemporal precipitation patterns for China and Mongolia have hitherto yielded contradictory results indicating that the basic mechanisms behind the Eas...
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Open AccessSurface Pollen Distribution from Alpine Vegetation in Eastern Tibet, China
We explore the relationship between modern pollen spectra and vegetation patterns in the Eastern Tibet, China in order to provide information on the representation of pollen taxa and improve the general knowle...
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Altitudinal changes of surface pollen and vegetation on the north slope of the Middle Tianshan Mountains, China
To provide information on vegetation patterns and altitudinal distributions of pollen assemblage in surface soil layers, their complicated relationships in a dryland mountain-basin system in northwestern China...
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Holocene climate events inferred from modern and fossil pollen records in Butuo Lake, Eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau
Expansion of the spatial coverage of pollen data is essential to improve understanding of Holocene climate variation. To address this, we collected 25 surface and 72 fossil samples from Butuo Lake in the easte...
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Multivariate analysis of modern and fossil pollen data from the central Tianshan Mountains, **njiang, NW China
To interpret past vegetation and climate changes from pollen data, we need to reveal the degree of similarity between modern analogues and fossil pollen spectra, which would help us predict the future climate ...
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Open AccessPalaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental significance of some important spores and micro-algae in Quaternary deposits
Spores of ferns and allied plants, and micro-algae frequently occur in abundance in Quaternary deposits, but their palaeoenvironmental significance is seldom evaluated. This paper presents morphological descri...
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Pollen record and environmental evolution of Caotanhu wetland in **njiang since 4550 cal. a BP
This paper presents a multi-proxy reconstruction of the climate change in Caotanhu wetland using pollen, phytolith and charcoal records, and the data of loss of ignition (LOI), grain size analysis, and suscept...
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Fluctuation of Picea timber-line and paleo-environment on the northern slope of Tianshan Mountains during the late Holocene
As a good indicator of Holocene climate, the fluctuation of alpine timberline is a synthetical result of impacts of many environmental factors during geological and historical periods and modern times. As the ...
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Environmental changes and lake level fluctuation recorded by lakes on the plain in northern **njiang during the late Holocene
**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 ...
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Oldest playable musical instruments found at Jiahu early Neolithic site in China
Excavations at the early Neolithic site of Jiahu1,2 in Henan Province, China have produced what may be the earliest complete, playable, tightly-dated multinote musical instruments. Jiahu was occupied from 7000 BC...
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Study on vegetation and climate changes in Bei**g region since late pleistocene
A complex history of the Late Pleistocene vegetation and environmental changes for the northern part of the deciduous forest is revealed in an exceptionally well- dated pollen diagram from Dongganchi in Bei**...
