Salinity control on long-chain alkenone distributions in lake surface waters and sediments of the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1693-1703

  Liu, Weiguo ^a,b   Liu, Zhonghui ^c   Wang, Huanye ^a   He, Yuxin ^c   Wang, Zheng ^a   Xu, Liming ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENONE; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 79952444657     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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