Abstract
The pots discovered in Inner Mongolia and Hebei Province are huge with a maximum diameter of 9 m and a depth of 3.5 m, singular in shape, caused by weathering and wind erosion and have certain direction. They are a kind of typical climatic geomorphology. This district experienced the severe periglacial environment during 15-8 kaBP with intense weathering from frost and wind erosion. The famous Hongshan culture emerged about 6 kaBP, which belonged to the warmest period. The pots probably had some water during that period. Therefore they are a good medium to study the environmental changes.
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Cui, Z., Li, H., Nan, L. et al. The discovery and environmental significance of Chifeng wind route and huge pots of Inner Mongolia and Hebei Province. Chin.Sci.Bull. 44, 1531–1536 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03183580
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03183580