A 2700-year high resolution pollen record of climate change from varved Sugan Lake in the Qaidam Basin, northeastern Tibetan Plateau

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 290-298

  Zhang, Ke ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^b   Zhou, Aifeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Fossil Pollen; Late Holocene; Northeastern Tibetan Plateau; Sugan Lake

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DICOTYLEDON; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; GYMNOSPERM; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; MONSOON; PALYNOLOGY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STEPPE; TOPOGRAPHY; VARVE;

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

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; EPHEDRA; POACEAE;

EID: 77957771426     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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