Long-chain alkenones in Hotong Qagan Nur Lake sediments and its paleoclimatic implications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-263

  Sheng, Guoying ^a   Cai, Keqin ^b   Yang, Xuexian ^a   Lu, Jialan ^a   Jia, Guodong ^b   Peng, Ping'an ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline lake; Long chain alkenone; Paleoclimate; Sediment

Indexed keywords

HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0007718865     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02896288     Document Type: Article

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