The discovery of annually laminated sediments (varves) from shallow Sugan Lake in inland arid China and their paleoclimatic significance

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1218-1224

  Zhou, AiFeng ^a   Chen, FaHu ^a   Qiang, MingRui ^a   Yang, MeiLin ^a   Zhang, JiaWu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arid China; Sugan Lake; Tibetan Plateau; Varve

Indexed keywords

LAMINATED SEDIMENTS; PALEOCLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ARID REGION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; LIMNOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CORE; VARVE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 34447295067     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0081-1     Document Type: Article

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