Climatic and environmental implications from n-alkanes in glacially eroded lake sediments in Tibetan Plateau: An example from Ximen Co

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1503-1510

  Pu, Yang ^a   Zhang, HuCai ^b   Wang, YongLi ^c   Lei, GuoLiang ^b   Nace, Trevor ^d   Zhang, ShuPing ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

climatic and environmental change; glacially eroded lake; lake sediment; molecular fossil; n alkane; Tibetan Plateau; Ximen Co

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79955772114     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4454-7     Document Type: Article

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