Quartz OSL dating of archaeological sites in Xiao Qaidam Lake of the NE Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and its implications for palaeoenvironmental changes

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 360-364

  Sun, YongJuan ^a   Lai, ZhongPing ^a   Long, Hao ^a,b   Liu, XiangJun ^a,b   Fan, QiShun ^a,b  

^a QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Archaeological site; Human migration; Luminescence dating; Qaidam Basin; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE LEVEL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MIGRATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; QUARTZ; TERRACE;

CHINA; QAIDAM BASIN; QINGHAI; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77649336078     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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