Paleoenvironmental and archaeological investigations at Qinghai Lake, western China: Geomorphic and chronometric evidence of lake level history

Quaternary International

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-44

  Rhode, David ^a   Haizhou, Ma ^b   Madsen, David B ^c   Brantingham, P Jeffrey ^d   Forman, Steven L ^e   Olsen, John W ^f  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BASIN EVOLUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE LEVEL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 77952552107     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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