Age constraints on the late Quaternary evolution of Qinghai Lake, Tibetan Plateau

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 316-325

  Madsen, David B ^a   Haizhou, Ma ^b   Rhode, David ^c   Brantingham, P Jeffrey ^d   Forman, Steven L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Late Quaternary; Qinghai Lake; Shoreline geomorphology; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; LAKE EVOLUTION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; WATER BUDGET;

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

EID: 40949127861     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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