Palynological evidence for late Miocene stepwise aridification on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Liu, Jia; Li, Ji Jun; Song, Chun Hui; Yu, Hao; Peng, Ting Jiang; Hui, Zheng Chuang; Ye, Xi Yan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1473-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1473-2016

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Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

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12 Jul 2016

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Palynological evidence for late Miocene stepwise aridification on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Jia Liu, Ji Jun Li, Chun Hui Song, Hao Yu, Ting Jiang Peng, Zheng Chuang Hui, and Xi Yan Ye

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