Palaeomagnetic and palaeoenvironmental study of two parallel sections of late Cenozoic strata in the central Taklimakan Desert: Implications for the desertification of the Tarim Basin

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Sun, Donghuai ^a   Bloemendal, Jan ^b   Yi, Zhiyu ^a   Zhu, Yanhu ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Zhang, Yuebao ^a   Li, Zaijun ^a   Wang, Fei ^a   Han, Fei ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian desertification; Palaeomagnetism; Taklimakan Desert

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; DESERTIFICATION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; GLACIATION; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOMAGNETISM; REGRESSION; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; TAKLIMAKAN DESERT; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 79551486053     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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