OSL chronology of sand deposits and climate change of last 18ka in Gurbantunggut Desert, northwest China

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 813-818

  Li, Sheng Hua ^a   Fan, Anchuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate change; GPR survey; Gurbantunggut; OSL dating; Westerly wind

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DUNE; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SAND; WESTERLY;

CHINA; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 81055149839     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1508     Document Type: Article

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