A 2000 year geochemical record of palaeoclimate and hydrology derived from dune sand moisture

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 38-46

  Ma, Jinzhu ^a   Edmunds, W Mike ^b   He, Jianhua ^a   Jia, Bing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badain Jaran Desert; Chloride mass balance; Climate change; Groundwater recharge; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT; DUNE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOCLIMATE; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECHARGE; VADOSE ZONE;

ASIA; BADANJILIN DESERT; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 64949124556     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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