Late Holocene isotope hydrology of Lake Qinghai, NE Tibetan Plateau: Effective moisture variability and atmospheric circulation changes

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2215-2223

  Henderson, Andrew C G ^a,b   Holmes, Jonathan A ^b   Leng, Melanie J ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; CONTROLLING FACTORS; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MOISTURE VARIABILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; OXYGEN; WATER;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MOISTURE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE;

CHINA; QINGHAI; QINGHAI LAKE;

EID: 77955281011     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.05.019     Document Type: Article

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