Holocene climatic changes revealed by aeolian deposits from the Qinghai Lake area (northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan plateau) and possible forcing mechanisms

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-304

  Lu, Huayu ^a   Zhao, Cunfa ^a   Mason, Joseph ^b   Yi, Shuangwen ^a   Zhao, Hua ^c   Zhou, Yali ^d   Ji, Junfeng ^a   Swinehart, James ^e   Wang, Chengmin ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology   (China)

^d SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

aeolian deposits; climatic changes; Holocene; northeastern Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Qinghai Lake; summer insolation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPORATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; SAND; SEASONALITY; SILT;

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

EID: 79952089394     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610378884     Document Type: Article

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