Dust deposition in the Aral Sea: Implications for changes in atmospheric circulation in central Asia during the past 2000 years

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 25-26, 2011, Pages 3661-3674

  Huang, Xiangtong ^a,b   Oberhänsli, Hedi ^b   von Suchodoletz, Hans ^c   Sorrel, Philippe ^d  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Dust deposition; Grain size analysis; Late Holocene; Little Ice Age (LIA); Medieval Warm Period (MWP); Siberian High (SH); The Aral Sea

Indexed keywords

ARAL SEA; DUST DEPOSITION; GRAIN-SIZE ANALYSIS; LATE HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; SIBERIAN HIGHS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITION; DUST; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; STRONTIUM;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; METAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARAL SEA; CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 81155126057     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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