An 850-year ostracod-shell trace-element record from Sugan Lake, northern Tibetan Plateau, China: Implications for interpreting the shell chemistry in high-Mg/Ca waters

Quaternary International

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 119-133

  Zhang, Jiawu ^a   Holmes, Jonathan A ^b   Chen, Fahu ^a   Qiang, Mingrui ^a   Zhou, Aifeng ^a   Chen, Shuo ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; OSTRACOD; PALEOSALINITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; SUGAN LAKE;

EUCYPRIS INFLATA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 58149127825     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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