Environmental changes since 8.4 ka reflected in the lacustrine core sediments from Nam Co, central Tibetan Plateau, China

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 831-839

  Zhu, Liping ^a   Wu, Yanhong ^b,c   Wang, Junbo ^a   Lin, Xiao ^a,c   Ju, Jianting ^b,c   Xie, Manping ^a,c   Li, Minghui ^a   Mäusbacher, Roland ^d   Schwalb, Antje ^e   Daut, Gerhard ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

8.4 ka; China; Environmental changes; Geochemistry; Lake sediments; Nam Co; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NAM CO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 58149389266     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608091801     Document Type: Article

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