Evidence for enhanced aridity in the Tarim Basin of China since 5.3 Ma

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1012-1023

  Sun, Jimin ^a   Zhang, Liyuan ^a   Deng, Chenglong ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; MOISTURE; RAIN;

RAIN SHADOW EFFECT; TARIM BASIN; TECTONIC DEFORMATION;

ARID REGIONS;

ANTICLINE; ARIDITY; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORMATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 43849105904     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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