Holocene abrupt climate shifts and mid-Holocene drought intervals recorded in Barkol Lake of Northern Xinjiang of China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-61

  Xue, Jibin ^a   Zhong, Wei ^a,b   Zhao, Yinjuan ^a   Peng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate shifts; Barkol Lake; Grain size; Holocene; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 39849092566     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-008-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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