Climatic variation in the Linxia basin, NE Tibetan Plateau, from 13.1 to 4.3 Ma: The stable isotope record

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 313-328

  Fan, Majie ^a,b   Dettman, David L ^a   Song, Chunhui ^b   Fang, Xiaomin ^b,c   Garzione, Carmala N ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Linxia basin; Organic matter; Oxygen isotope; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIAGENESIS; DOLOMITE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; LINXIA BASIN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ALGAE; POACEAE;

EID: 34047139369     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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