Evaluation of oxygen isotopes in carbonate as an indicator of lake evolution in arid areas: The modern Qinghai Lake, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Chemical Geology

Volumn 268, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 126-136

  Liu, Weiguo ^a,b   Li, Xiangzhong ^a,c   Zhang, Ling ^a   An, Zhisheng ^a   Xu, Liming ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk carbonate; Fine grained carbonate; Lake Qinghai; Ostracod; Oxygen isotope

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE EVOLUTION; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SALINITY; WATER DEPTH; WATER TEMPERATURE;

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

OSTRACODA;

EID: 70349548779     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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