Phytolith data in peat profile over the past 1300 years in the Xishan Mountains, Jiangxi Province, China

Phytoliths are microscopic siliceous particles formed in the plants and preserved in the sediments after the plant death and decay. Phytolith formation is controlled by the plant genes and growing environments. As such, phytolith assemblages have been widely used in ancient plant composition analysi...

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Main Authors: Xin-Rong Zhang, Yu Du, Chun-Mei Ma, Shuai-Fei Ping, Chong Feng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:Data in Brief
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340919303348