Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Foreword I -- Foreword II -- Foreword III -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Major Contributing Authors -- Reviewers -- Introduction -- 1 On the Paleo-climatic/Environmental Impacts and Socio-Cultural System Resilience along the Historical Silk Road -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Paleo-climatic/Environmental Changes and Impacts along the Historical Silk Road -- 1.2.1 The Physical Geography and Environmental Conditions -- 1.2.2 Paleo-climatic/Environmental Changes and Social Impacts -- 1.3 Socio-Cultural Dynamics and Resilience in a Historical Perspective -- 1.3.1 Socio-Cultural Features and Exchanges along the Silk Road Areas -- 1.3.2 Resilience of the Socio-Cultural Systems -- 1.4 Book Overview and Key Messages -- 1.4.1 Coverage of the Book -- 1.4.2 Key Messages from the Book -- 1.5 Summary and Outlook -- References -- Landscape Evolutions in the Human-Environment System -- 2 Evolution of Saline Lakes in the Guanzhong Basin During the Past 2000 Years: Inferred from Historical Records -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Regional Setting -- 2.3 Materials and Methods -- 2.4 Results -- 2.4.1 Lake Yanchize in Fuping County -- 2.4.2 Lakes Dongluchi and Xiluchi in Pucheng County -- 2.4.3 Lake Zhuyanze in Lintong County -- 2.4.4 Lake Xiaoyanchi in Dali County -- 2.5 Discussions -- 2.5.1 Causes of the Degradation and Desiccation of the Saline Lakes -- 2.5.2 Relationship with the Sanmen Paleo-Lake -- 2.6 Conclusions -- References -- 3 Landscape Response to Climate and Human Impact in Western China During the Han Dynasty -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Previous Research -- 3.3 Discussion of Climate Records from Northwestern China and Surrounding Regions -- 3.3.1 Lake Records from the West -- 3.3.2 Lake Records from the Central Region -- 3.3.3 Lake Records from the East -- 3.3.4 Speleothem Records -- 3.3.5 Ice Core Records.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (535 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783030007287
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5721251
Language:
English
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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