Uplift events of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and environmental evolution of the southwest monsoon since 2.7Ma, recorded in a long lake sediment core from Heqing, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 67-73

  Shen, J ^a   Wang, S M ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Qiang, X K ^b   Xiao, H F ^a   Xiao, X Y ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONSOON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERIODICITY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; HEQING; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; YUNNAN;

EID: 77952542562     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.039     Document Type: Article

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