Charcoal in Kunlun Mountains loess: Implications for environment change and human activity during the middle Holocene

Loess sediment charcoal records are used in paleoecological analyses to reconstruct fire history and human activities. The Tarim Basin is bordered to the south by the Kunlun Mountains, where eolian silt or loess is extensive and has continued to be deposited in modern times. In this study, we conduc...

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Main Authors: Yanfang Pan, Guijin Mu, Cunhai Gao, Herman Behling, Dexin Liu, Guangyang Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.1030224/full