An ostracod-conductivity transfer function for Tibetan lakes

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-524

  Mischke, Steffen ^a   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^b   Massmann, Gudrun ^a   Zhang, Chengjun ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calibration data set; CCA; Electrical conductivity; Ostracoda; Salinity; Tibetan Plateau; Transfer function; Weighted averaging partial least squares regression (WA PLS)

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

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

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; OSTRACODA;

EID: 35448936882     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9087-5     Document Type: Article

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