Sedimentation Geochemistry and Environmental Changes during the Late Pleistocene of Paleolake Qarhan in the Qaidam Basin

Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Fengqin, Chang ^a   Hucai, Zhang ^a   Yue, Chen ^b   Mingsheng, Yang ^b   Jie, Niu ^b   Hongfang, Fan ^b   Guoliang, Lei ^b   Wenxiang, Zhang ^b   Yanbin, Lei ^c   Lunqing, Yang ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

paleoenvironment; Qaidam basin; stable oxygen and carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GRAIN SIZE; LAKE LEVEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI;

CORBICULA;

EID: 40949114275     PISSN: 10020705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0705(08)60019-9     Document Type: Article

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