A 1000-year chironomid-based salinity reconstruction from varved sediments of Sugan Lake, Qaidam Basin, arid Northwest China, and its palaeoclimatic significance

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3749-3759

  Chen, JianHui ^a   Chen, FaHu ^a   Zhang, EnLou ^b   Brooks, Stephen J ^c   Zhou, AiFeng ^a   Zhang, JiaWu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arid Northwest China; Effective moisture; Last millennium; Sub fossil chironomid; Sugan Lake

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; PROCLADIUS; PSECTROCLADIUS BARBIMANUS; PSECTROCLADIUS SORDIDELLUS;

EID: 70449561681     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-0201-8     Document Type: Article

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