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The mapping of Holocene pollen data in China

The mapping of Holocene pollen data in China Veget Hist Archaeobot (19'99) 8:231-232 Vegetation History and Archaeobotany © Springer-Verlag 1999 Communication A project has been started at the National Climate [ I J i I • I Center, Beijing, China, in cooperation with the Institute Pollensites 0-10kaBP _?"~ 50- of Palynology and Quaternary Sciences, G6ttingen, Ger- many, to use Holocene pollen profiles for producing isopollen and isochrone maps for a better understanding of environmental and climatic changes. The area under 40- study includes northern China north of the Yangtze River. A total of 150 radiocarbon dated pollen profiles with a time resolution better than 800 years have been selected from the existing literature. Most of the pollen profiles were obtained from lake sediments or peat pro- 30- files, but about 20% come from loess deposits, fluvial deposits, palaeosol layers or ice cores. The distribution of data sites used for the current project is shown in Fig. 1. The density of data sites is low if compared with Eu- 80 90 100 110 120 130 rope, for instance. The data coverage is still poor, espe- Fig. 1. Pollen sites used for the construction of isopollen maps cially in the regions of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and of the last http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1999 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Earth Sciences; Paleontology; Biogeosciences; Climate Change; Anthropology; Archaeology
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0939-6314
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1617-6278
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10.1007/BF02342723
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Veget Hist Archaeobot (19'99) 8:231-232 Vegetation History and Archaeobotany © Springer-Verlag 1999 Communication A project has been started at the National Climate [ I J i I • I Center, Beijing, China, in cooperation with the Institute Pollensites 0-10kaBP _?"~ 50- of Palynology and Quaternary Sciences, G6ttingen, Ger- many, to use Holocene pollen profiles for producing isopollen and isochrone maps for a better understanding of environmental and climatic changes. The area under 40- study includes northern China north of the Yangtze River. A total of 150 radiocarbon dated pollen profiles with a time resolution better than 800 years have been selected from the existing literature. Most of the pollen profiles were obtained from lake sediments or peat pro- 30- files, but about 20% come from loess deposits, fluvial deposits, palaeosol layers or ice cores. The distribution of data sites used for the current project is shown in Fig. 1. The density of data sites is low if compared with Eu- 80 90 100 110 120 130 rope, for instance. The data coverage is still poor, espe- Fig. 1. Pollen sites used for the construction of isopollen maps cially in the regions of Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and of the last

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