The Holocene climate variability in arid Asia
Subtitle: nature and mechanisms : selected contributions from the 4th Rapid Climate Change in Central Asia's Drylands (RACHAD) Symposium
By: guest editors, Fahu Chen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Chen, Fahu
Series: Quaternary international -- v. 194
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Paleoclimatology; Congresses; Climatic changes; Arid regions climate; Environmental archaeology; Climate; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Holocene climate variability in arid Asia : Nature and mechanisms  -- F. Chen, J. Holmes, B. Wünnemann and Z. Yu; title: Spatial and temporal patterns of Holocene vegetation and climate changes in arid and semi-arid China  -- Y. Zhao, Z. Yu and F. Chen; title: Dry late-glacial and early Holocene climate in arid central Asia indicated by lithological and palynological evidence from Bosten Lake, China  -- X.Z. Huang, F.H. Chen, Y.X. Fan and M.L. Yang; title: Hydrological changes Holocene climate variations ni NW China, inferred from lake sediments of Juyanze palaeolake by factor analyses  -- K. Hartmann and B. Wünnemann; title: Lake surface fluctuations since the late glaciation at Lake Daihai, North central China : A direct indicator of hydrological process response to East Asian monsoon climate -- Q. Sun, S. Wang, J. Zhou, J. Shen, P. Cheng, X. Xie and F. Wu; title: Holocene natural rhythms of vegetation and present potential ecology in the Western Chinese Loess Plateau / X. Zou, G. Cheng, H. Xiao, Z. Feng and B. Xu --; title: Late Holocene climatic and environmental changes in arid central Asia  -- B. Yang, J. Wang, A. Bräuning, Z. Dong and J. Esper; title: Advances in understanding the late Holocene history of the Aral Sea region  -- I. Boomer, B. Wünnemann, A.W. Mackay, P. Austin, P. Sorrel, C. Reinhardt, D. Keyser, F. Guichard and M. Fontugne; title: Climate change over the past 2000 years in Western China  -- J.A. Holmes, E.R. Cook and B. Yang; title: Dust records from varved lacustrine sediments of two neighboring lakes in northeastern China over the last 1400 years  -- G. Chu, Q. Sun, G. Zhaoyan, P. Rioual, L. Qiang, W. Kaijun, J. Han and J. Liu; title: An 850-year ostracod-shell trace-element record from Sugan Lake, northern Tibetan Plateau, China : Implications for interpreting the shell chemistry in high-Mg/Ca waters ; title: J. Zhang, J.A. Holmes, F. Chen, M. Qiang, A. Zhou and S. Chen; title: Palaeolimnological evidence for environmental change over the past millennium from Lake Qinghai sediments : A review and future research prospective  -- A.C.G. Henderson and J.A. Holmes; title: Influences of subtropical jet and Tibetan Plateau on precipitation pattern in Asia : Insights from regional climate modeling -- T. Sato.