Environmental characteristics of Mid-Holocene recorded by lacustrine sediments from Lake Daihai, north environment sensitive zone, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 968-981

  Sun, Qianli ^a,b   Zhou, Jie ^a   Shen, Ji ^c   Chen, Peng ^a,b   Wu, Feng ^a,b   Xie, Xiuping ^a,b  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental characteristics; Lacustrine sediments; Lake Daihai; Mid Holocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; DAIHAI LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33750975079     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-0968-2     Document Type: Article

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