Mid-Holocene climate variations recorded by palaeolake in marginal area of East Asian monsoon: A multi-proxy study

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-332

  Long, Hao ^a   Tan, Hongbin ^a   Wang, Naiang ^b   Tan, Liangcheng ^c   Li, Yu ^b  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; East Asian Monsoon region; Holocene; Lacustrine sediment

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; SHIYANG BASIN;

EID: 36949030691     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-007-0325-1     Document Type: Article

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