High-resolution precipitation variations in the Northeast Tibetan Plateau over the last 800 years documented by sediment cores of Qinghai Lake

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1451-1456

  Zhang, Jiawu ^a   Jin, Ming ^a   Chen, Fahu ^a,b   Battarbee, R W ^c   Henderson, A C G ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate oxygen isotope; Effective precipitation; Grain size; Qinghai Lake; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749868076     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wd0271     Document Type: Article

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